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Jorge Velásquez on violence against...
In 2007, Jorge Velásquez, father of Claudina Velásquez who was killed in 2005 gave...
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U.S. Slaughters 200,000 in Guatemala
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Guatemala used to be a Democracy
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The Associated Press: Rights courts condemns Guatemala in...
It is time for Guatemala to come clean about its past.
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Documents Detail Killings by Guatemala’s Military - NYTim...
The violence of Guatemala's civil conflict reached a peak in 1982, but took almost a decade to si...
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One can only admire Jorge Velásquez's courage in his fight for justice for his daughter and womankind in his country in the face of such indifference from the authorities. The lucid expression of his thoughts is a riposte to such attitudes.
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Estimated Death Tolls in Guatemala due to government repression:
CDI: 140,000,
New York Times: 100,000 dead & 40,000 disappeared, presumed dead,
Dictionary of Wars: 150,000 dead & 50,000 missing,
Chomsky: 200,000 dead & disappeared,
Amnesty International: 200,000,
Commision for Historical Clarification: 200,000