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A woman spreads incense over the remains of 172 unidentified people who were discovered buried at what was once a Guatemalan military camp during the civil war in San Juan Comalapa, Guatemala, a day before their formal burial at the same site where they w

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Opinion: Guatemala Must Not Grant Amnesty To War Criminals

9:16pm February 11, 2019

by Jo-Marie Burt

If a new bill passes, it would free dozens of ex-military officials either awaiting trial or already convicted of crimes against humanity, undoing years of progress, expert Jo-Marie Burt writes.

Mayan indigenous people protest against the government of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales on the day he gives an address to Congress in Guatemala City, Monday.

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Killings Of Guatemala's Indigenous Activists Raise Specter Of Human Rights Crisis

4:01pm January 23, 2019

by Maria Martin

Indigenous groups and human rights activists worry that the violence that raged through their communities in the 1970s and 1980s is making a comeback.

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