Riosmontt-trial.org reports: Only ten days after a trial court issued its historic verdict convicting Efrain Rios Montt for genocide and crimes against humanity, and sentencing him to prison for 80 years, Guatemala’s Constitutional Court, in a 3-2 ruling, overturned the verdict and set the trial back to where it was April 19. This verdict had [...]

The Guatemalan newspaper Prensa Libre reports that the Constitutional Court by a vote of 3 to 2 has overturned the conviction and sentence of Rios Montt for genocide and human rights violation. The court ordered that the proceedings return to April 19, 2013.

Robert Garcia writes: US enjoys impunity for violating international law repeatedly in Guatemala: US overthrew the democratically elected government in 1954, according to CIA. US for decades was complicit in and sponsored genocide, wiping out entire populations of Maya Ixtil; killing, disappearing, or torturing 200,000 people; and systematic rape and sexual violence until peace accords [...]

A monument honors the victims inside the main church of Nebaj. Danielle Volpe for the Wall Street Journal BBC reports: A court in Guatemala has found former military leader Efrain Rios Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. A three-judge tribunal sentenced the 86-year-old to 80 years in prison. Rios Montt was convicted of [...]

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Forensic experts have analyzed this skull and other remains buried in clandestine graves. The needles through the skull indicate four gunshot wounds. Click  here for more images of genocide and justice in Guatemala by Daniele Volpe for The Wall Street Journal. The trial for peace, truth and justice in Guatemala . . .

UCLA Blum Center on Health and Poverty in Latin America UCLA Blum Center on Health and Poverty in Latin America Inaugural Symposium Prof. Michael Rodriguez, MD MPH, Director

“[A] group of prominent Guatemalans – including UN Special Rapporteur and Frank La Rue, Nobel Peace Prize winner and indigenous rights leader Rigoberta Menchu, and prominent religious leaders – issued a public statement that ‘there is no peace without truth and justice.’ And a delegation of Latin American judges and prosecutors, attending the trial as [...]

INAUGURAL SPRING SYMPOSIUM Informing Responses to Reduce Poverty and Improve Health in Latin America UCLA Deans and Other Leaders Gather for Symposium Discussion On May 1, several deans and leaders from UCLA Schools and Colleges will come together to add their perspectives on making a difference in health outcomes among Latin American populations. The session, [...]

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