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GUATEMALA: Town that Suffered Military Terror Fights Reopening of Base - IPS ipsnews.net - 1 views

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- Jackie Moran on 23 Nov 09
  
  The article relates to the topics of our class on the basis that it refers to conflict between government and indigenous peoples. Regarding Guatemala, after suffering a massacre of their people, the indigenous folk of the town of Ixcán no have to endure the same military base re-opening. While many concerns about the decision have been expressed amongst the Maya indigenous community, the re-opening of the military bse will occur with or without the peoples' approval.
  
  <div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The article relates to the topics of our class on the basis that it refers to conflict between government and indigenous peoples. Regarding Guatemala, after suffering a massacre of their people, the indigenous folk of the town of Ixcán no have to endure the same military base re-opening. While many concerns about the decision have been expressed amongst the Maya indigenous community, the re-opening of the military bse will occur with or without the peoples' approval.</div>
  
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Jackie Moran on 17 Nov 09

The article discusses how there are plans to re-open a military base in the town of Ixcán in order to build a highway that will stretch 330 km across north-central Guatemala to Honduras and the Caribbean Sea to the east. The purpose of the highway is to protect foreign investment. However, there is widespread resistance amongst the iindigenous peoples of Ixcán due to the 102 massacres committed between 1979 and 1988 in the area.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The article discusses how there are plans to re-open a military base in the town of Ixcán in order to build a highway that will stretch 330 km across north-central Guatemala to Honduras and the Caribbean Sea to the east. The purpose of the highway is to protect foreign investment. However, there is widespread resistance amongst the iindigenous peoples of Ixcán due to the 102 massacres committed between 1979 and 1988 in the area.</div>

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BBC NEWS | Finding Guatemala's missing - 1 views

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Guatemala disappearances military planning political organization secrecy

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janegelb on 17 Nov 09

Thousands of disappearances have occurred in Guatemala during the conflict. This article focuses on a woman who lost four family members in only a week, and has no idea where they are. This story is common among the Guatemalan peoples. An archive of documents has been found in an abandoned police building in Guatemala City. There are millions of documents, and once they are sorted through, might provide some sort of answers. Many people have not heard the whereabouts of their family members in over thirty years.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Thousands of disappearances have occurred in Guatemala during the conflict. This article focuses on a woman who lost four family members in only a week, and has no idea where they are. This story is common among the Guatemalan peoples. An archive of documents has been found in an abandoned police building in Guatemala City. There are millions of documents, and once they are sorted through, might provide some sort of answers. Many people have not heard the whereabouts of their family members in over thirty years.</div>

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