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This source is very relevant to the aftermath of the civil war section of my research paper. It focuses on the effects of the civil war on Mayan women in the highlands of Guatemala.

This essay is useful in my research paper because it discusses the economical and ideological factors that led to the civil war in Guatemala. It discusses the role of the U.S in the movement as well.

This report combines quantitative measurements during the civil war of the number of people killed, the types of violence commited and other factors with historical information on how institutionalized violence was perpertuated during the civil war in Guatemala. It is useful to my research because it provides quantitative results on which I can support my arguments.

This report is by the Comisón Para el Escalarecimiento Historico ( CEH) and it is a very valuable source for my research. It provides a historical framework of the causes of Guatemala's civil war and also information on the different ways that violence was systematized in Guatemala. This report also focuses on the violations of human rights that were comitted during this period and it focuses on the effects and causes of violence against women ( especifically rape ), which I am intrested in.

This source is very valuable for my research because it is a report that attempts to recover the historic memories during the civil war in Guatemala. This volume explores the different impacts of political and sponsored state terrorism on the different social sectors of Guatemala. It discusses how the state respressed any form of sympathy or indentification with the guerilla movement. Moreover, it also focuses on violence against women during this period and especially the objectives and effects of raping women in public. This source also discusses how rape was used as a tool to communicate social and political messages and to dehumanize indigenous communities. The report also discusses the social roles through which women responded and resisted this type of violence.

This source explores the ways in which state sponsored terrorism during the civil war in Guatemala was sustained. It discusses the nature of the torture and masacres during this time. It describes the way in which soldiers were trained to masacre and rape victims and how they were mentally and physically trained to do so. This source also discusses the different goverment's sectors that participated and collaborated with the state's sponsored terrorsm.