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55: 1017:, noted that the army's counter-insurgency in the Guatemalan highlands had been launched at the end of 1981, before the coup that put Ríos Montt in power, and that the reported massacres peaked in May 1982 before dropping off rapidly as a consequence of the policies implemented by the Ríos Montt regime. According to Sabino, the guerrillas were effectively defeated by the PACs organized by Ríos Montt's government, which grew to involve 900,000 men and which, "though only very partially armed, completely took away the guerrilla's capacity for political action," as they could no longer "reach the villages and towns, organize rallies, or recruit fighters and collaborators among the peasants." According to French sociologist Yvon Le Bot, writing in 1992, 1385:("Black Thursday"), thousands of masked FRG supporters invaded the streets of Guatemala City, armed with machetes, clubs, and guns. They had been bussed in from all over the country by the FRG, and it was alleged that public employees in FRG-controlled municipalities were threatened with the loss of their jobs if they did not participate in the demonstrations. The protestors blocked traffic, chanted threatening slogans, and waved machetes as they marched on the courts, the opposition parties' headquarters, and newspapers. Incidents of torching of buildings, shooting out of windows, and burning of cars and tires in the streets were also reported. A television journalist, 4785: 1619: 1085:, on December 4, 1982. During that meeting, Ríos Montt reassured Reagan that the Guatemalan government's counter-insurgency strategy was not one of "scorched earth," but rather of "scorched Communists," and pledged to work to restore the democratic process in the country. Reagan then declared: "President Ríos Montt is a man of great personal integrity and commitment... I know he wants to improve the quality of life for all Guatemalans and to promote social justice." 1669:
Montt had dementia so severe that he could not defend himself. The retrial had not been completed when Ríos Montt died in April 2018, and the court, therefore, closed the case against him. His co-defendant, former chief of military intelligence José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez, was acquitted in September 2018, although the court found that the counter-insurgency strategy of the Guatemalan army had amounted to genocide.
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increase civilian-military contact and cooperation by improving the infrastructure and resources the government provided to the Mayan villages. This was meant to create a link in the minds of the indigenous and peasant communities between better access to resources and their cooperation with the Guatemalan government in its military struggle against the insurgents.
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suspended Ríos Montt's campaign and agreed to hear a complaint brought by two right-of-center parties that the retired General was constitutionally barred from running for president. Ríos Montt denounced the ruling as a judicial manipulation and, in a radio address, called on his followers to take to
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pending trial. On March 1, 2012, a judge ruled the charges against Ríos Montt were not covered by the 1996 National Reconciliation Law, which had granted amnesty for political and common crimes committed in the course of the Guatemalan Civil War. On 28 January 2013, judge Miguel Angel Galves opened
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Ríos Montt's popularity was difficult to comprehend for most scholars and journalists because they have been so deeply influenced by human rights and solidarity work The most influential literature on Guatemala has been written by activists, the majority of whom are also academics. Generally, this
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president, General Mejía Víctores. The new government flatly refused to negotiate with the kidnappers, but the family of General Ríos Montt obtained the release of his sister Marta on 25 September, after 119 days in captivity, by procuring the publication of an FAR comuniqué in several international
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and sometimes not armed at all. The PAC initiative was intended both to provide a pro-government presence in isolated rural villages with a majority Mayan population and to deter guerrilla activity in the area. The "beans" component of the counter-insurgency strategy referred to programs seeking to
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The leaders of the 1983 coup alleged that Ríos Montt belonged to a "fanatical and aggressive religious group" that had threatened the "fundamental principle of the separation of Church and State." However, historian Virginia Garrard-Burnett considered that the main underlying reason for his removal
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nonetheless bore an internally cohesive message that clearly laid out Ríos Montt's diagnosis of the crisis and his idiosyncratic vision for national redemption. In the General's view, Guatemala suffered from three fundamental problems: a national lack of responsibility and respect for authority, an
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Because of repeated vote-rigging and the blatant corruption of the military establishment, the 1982 coup was initially welcomed by many Guatemalans. Ríos Montt's reputation for honesty, his leadership of the opposition in the 1974 election, and his vision of "education, nationalism, an end to want
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According to independent journalist Carlos Rafael Soto Rosales, Ríos Montt and the FNO leadership knew the election was fraudulent, but acquiesced in Laugerud's "election" because they feared that a popular uprising "would result in disorder that would provoke worse government repression and that a
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General Ríos Montt's retrial began in January 2015, but the court later ruled that the proceedings would not be public. It also held that no sentence could be pronounced due to Ríos Montt‘a age and deteriorating physical and mental condition. Earlier, Guatemala's forensic authority ruled that Ríos
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Israel, which had been supplying arms to Guatemala since 1974, continued its aid provisions during Ríos Montt's government. The cooperation did not just involve hardware but also included providing intelligence and operational training, carried out both in Israel and Guatemala. In 1982, Ríos Montt
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report estimated that over 10,000 indigenous Guatemalans and peasant farmers were killed from March to July of that year and that 100,000 rural villagers were forced to flee their homes. According to more recent estimates presented by the CEH, tens of thousands of non-combatants were killed during
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from long-running lawsuits alleging war crimes committed by him and some of his ministers and counselors during their term in the presidential palace in 1982–83. His immunity ended on 14 January 2012, when his legislative term of office expired. In 2013, a court sentenced Ríos Montt to 80 years in
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The REMHI and CEH reports formed the basis for legal actions brought against Ríos Montt and others for crimes against humanity and genocide. Ríos Montt admitted that the Guatemalan army had committed crimes during his term as president and commander-in-chief, but he denied that he had planned or
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declared that thanks to the coup of Ríos Montt, "the Guatemalan government has come out of the darkness and into the light." However, Chapin soon afterward reported that Ríos Montt was "naïve and not concerned with practical realities." Drawing on his Pentecostal beliefs, Ríos Montt compared the
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In June 2006, Spanish judge Santiago Pedraz traveled to Guatemala to interrogate Ríos Montt and the others named in the case. At least 15 appeals filed by the defense attorneys of the indicted prevented him from carrying out the inquiries. On July 7, 2006, Pedraz issued an international arrest
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chaos undermined Ríos Montt's popularity and his credibility as a law-and-order candidate. Support for Ríos Montt also suffered because of the perceived corruption and inefficiency of the incumbent FRG administration under President Portillo. During tense but peaceful presidential elections on
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into the Guatemalan state, declaring that because of their illiteracy and "immaturity," they were particularly vulnerable to the seductions of "international communism." The government intensified its military efforts against the URNG guerrillas and, on April 20 1982, launched a new
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When early returns showed an unmistakable trend in favor of Ríos Montt, the government halted the count and manipulated the results to make it appear that Laugerud finished 71,000 votes ahead of Ríos Montt. Since Laugerud did not have an outright majority of the popular vote, the
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that banned people who had participated in a military coup from becoming president. Ríos Montt always claimed that the corresponding article had been written into the Constitution specifically to prevent him from returning to the Presidency and that it could not legitimately be
477:, serving as president of the Congress in 1995–96 and 2000–04. A constitutional provision prevented him from registering as a presidential candidate due to his involvement in the military coup of 1982. However, the FRG obtained the presidency and a congressional majority in the 1148:) were increasingly regarded with embarrassment by many. The military brass was offended by his promotion of young officers in defiance of the Army's traditional hierarchy. Many middle-class citizens were unhappy with the decision, announced on August 1, 1983, to introduce the 541:, until in 1946, he was able to enter the Polytechnic School. Ríos Montt graduated in 1950 at the top of his class. He taught at the Polytechnic School and received further specialized training, first at the U.S.-run officer training institute that would later be known as the 1008:, "an important component in the 'normalization' of the Guatemalan environment was a marked decrease by late 1982 in the state of fear and violence, which allowed the repositioning of Guatemala's civilian urbanized leadership toward a more vital role in national affairs." 1477:. Up to 200,000 Guatemalans were estimated to have been killed during the conflict, making it one of Latin America's bloodiest wars. Both the REMHI and CEH reports found that most of the violence had been carried out by the Guatemalan state and by government-backed 1598:
to be held later in the year. As a member of Congress, he would again be immune from prosecution unless a court suspended him from office. He won his seat in the September election and led the FRG's 15-member congressional delegation in the new legislature.
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declared that "for the United States, it is important I state clearly that support for military forces and intelligence units which engaged in violence and widespread repression was wrong and the United States must not repeat that mistake."
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that his success was due to the fact that "our soldiers were trained by Israelis." There was not much outcry in Israel at the time about its involvement in Guatemala, though the support for Ríos Montt was no secret. According to journalist
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of the revolutionaries who do not forgive him for having consummated their defeat by turning their own weapons against them and in particular by the appeal to the moral and religious sentiments so profoundly rooted among the Guatemalan
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Ríos Montt won a decisive victory over a guerrilla force already weakened by the blows landed upon it by General Benedicto Lucas during the last months of his brother's government. Since then, he is, more than the Lucas brothers, the
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quoted a development organizer as saying that she liked Ríos Montt "because he used to get on television, point his finger at every Guatemalan, and say: 'The problem is you!' That's the only way this country is ever going to change."
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Guatemala's poor record on human rights and the refusal of General Ríos Montt to call immediately for new elections prevented the Reagan administration from restoring US aid to Guatemala, which would have required the consent of the
1191:(FAR) when she was leaving the primary school where she worked as a teacher. At the time, she was five months pregnant. After General Ríos Montt was deposed in August of that year, the FAR proceeded to kidnap the sister of the new 640:. Pro-government posters warned "voters not to fall into a communist trap by supporting Ríos," but Ríos Montt proved to be an effective campaigner, and most observers believe that his FNO won the popular vote by an ample majority. 2197: 1542:, naming Ríos Montt and four other retired Guatemalan generals (two of them ex-presidents) as defendants. Three other civilians that were high government official between 1978 and 1982 were also named in the complaint. The 1236:, polls indicated that Ríos Montt was the most popular candidate, leading his nearest rival by as many as twelve points. The courts ultimately prevented him from appearing in the ballots because of a provision in the 1985 772:, presided by General Efraín Ríos Montt and composed also of General Horacio Maldonado Schaad and Colonel Luis Gordillo Martínez. Ríos Montt had not been directly involved in the planning of the coup and was chosen by the 1167:
Political violence in Guatemala continued after Ríos Montt was removed from power in 1983. It has been estimated that as many as one and a half million Maya peasants were uprooted from their homes. American journalist
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because of the respect that he had acquired as director of the military academy and as the presidential candidate of the democratic opposition in 1974. The events of March 1982 took the U.S. authorities by surprise.
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On June 9, General Ríos Montt forced the other two junta members to resign, leaving him as sole head of state, commander of the armed forces, and minister of defense. On 17 August 1982, Ríos Montt established a new
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President Portillo admitted the involvement of the Guatemalan government in human rights abuses over the previous 20 years, including two massacres that took place during Ríos Montt's presidency. The first was in
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absolute lack of morality, and an inchoate sense of national identity. All other issues, from the economic crisis to what Ríos Montt called the "subversion," were merely symptoms of these three fundamental ills.
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suffered constitute the crime of genocide... had knowledge of what was happening and did nothing to stop it." The Court found that "he Ixils were considered public enemies of the state and were also victims of
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population of the country, the CEH report characterized the counterinsurgency campaign, significantly designed and advanced during Ríos Montt's presidency, as having included deliberate "acts of
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for genocide and crimes against humanity, along with three other former generals. During the court hearing, he declined to make a statement. The court released him on bail but placed him under
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Ríos Montt's immunity ended on January 14, 2012, when his term in office expired. On January 26, 2012, he appeared in court in Guatemala City and was formally indicted by Attorney General
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In a similar vein, historian Virginia Garrard-Burnett concluded in 2010 that General Ríos Montt's military's successes "were unprecedented in Guatemala’s modern history" and that "had the
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against Ríos Montt and retired General José Mauricio Rodríguez Sánchez for genocide and crimes against humanity, in particular the killing of 1,771 Maya Ixil Indians, including children.
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Even some of Ríos Montt's harshest critics have noted that, in his later political career during the 1990s and 2000s, he enjoyed firm and enduring electoral support in the departments of
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authorized the sale to the Guatemalan military of $ 4 million in helicopter spare parts and $ 6.3 million in additional military supplies, to be shipped in 1982 and 1983.
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Ríos Montt's tenure as head of state. At the height of the bloodshed, reports put the number of disappearances and killings at more than 3,000 per month. The 1999 book
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On 10 May 2013, Ríos Montt was convicted by the court of genocide and crimes against humanity and was sentenced to 80 years imprisonment. Announcing the ruling, Judge
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Efraín Ríos Montt's conversion has been interpreted as a significant event in the ascendency of Protestantism within the traditionally Catholic Guatemalan nation (see
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Intent on making a career in the army, the young Efraín applied to the Polytechnic School (the national military academy of Guatemala) but was rejected because of his
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and announced elections for July 1984. By then, Ríos Montt had alienated many segments of Guatemalan society by his actions. Shortly before the visit to Guatemala by
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into a large family of the rural middle class. His father was a shopkeeper, and his mother a seamstress, and the family also owned a small farm. His younger brother
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was that Ríos Montt replaced "chaotic terror with a more predictable set of rewards and punishments." According to analysts Georges A. Fauriol and Eva Loser of the
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in March 1983, Ríos Montt refused the Pope's appeal for clemency to six guerrillas who had been sentenced to death by the regime's special tribunals. The outspoken
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approached Ríos Montt with an invitation to run for president at the head of a coalition of parties opposed to the incumbent regime. Ríos Montt participated in the
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literature has been slow to admit the defeat of the guerrillas in 1982, their subsequent lack of popular support, and contradictions in the human rights movement.
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Ríos Montt's moralizing message continued to resonate with a significant part of Guatemalan society after he departed from power in 1983. In 1990, anthropologist
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to the four modern evils of hunger, misery, ignorance, and subversion. He also pledged to fight corruption and what he described as the depredations of the rich.
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Ríos Montt retired from the army and returned to Guatemala in 1977. A spiritual crisis caused him to leave the Roman Catholic Church in 1978 and join the
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It was in his Sunday sermons that Ríos Montt explicated the moral roots of Guatemala's many problems and limned the outlines of his political and moral
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and the Italian War College. From the start of his career, Ríos Montt acquired a reputation as a devoutly religious man and as a stern disciplinarian.
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In the 1990s Ríos Montt enjoyed significant popular support throughout Guatemala and especially among the native Maya population of the departments of
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remained the primary lens of historical analysis, might well be remembered as a visionary statesman instead of an author of crimes against humanity."
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overturned Ríos Montt's conviction on the grounds that he had not been allowed an effective defense during some of the proceedings. Anthropologist
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ordered those actions or that there had been any deliberate policy by his government to target the native population that could amount to genocide.
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and the death of Ramírez. On November 20, 2004, Ríos Montt had to request permission to travel to his country home for the wedding of his daughter,
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was tried for genocide in his own country. The trial was suspended on 19 April 2013 by Judge Carol Patricia Flores, following a directive from the
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In March 2004, a court order forbade Ríos Montt from leaving the country while it determined whether he should stand trial on charges related to
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Following the rioting, the Constitutional Court overturned the Supreme Court decision, allowing Ríos Montt to run for president. However, the
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The government junta immediately declared martial law and suspended the constitution, shut down the legislature, and set up special tribunals (
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to military officers and government officials" and was not responsive to the powerful interest groups represented by the Army's high command.
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between the Guatemalan government and the URNG, which after that was organized as a legal political party. In March 1999, U.S. President
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By the end of 1982, Ríos Montt, claiming that the war against the leftist guerrillas had been won, said the government's work was one of "
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challenge would lead to a confrontation between military leaders." General Ríos Montt then left the country to take up an appointment as
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declared that "he defendant is responsible for masterminding the crime of genocide." She continued: "We are convinced that the acts the
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Stoll, David (2013). "Strategic Essentialism, Scholarly Inflation, and Political Litmus Tests". In Vargas-Cetina, Gabriela (ed.).
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Efraín Ríos Montt's sister Marta Elena Ríos de Rivas was kidnapped on 26 June 1983 in Guatemala City by members of the leftist
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Diálogos - Revista do Departamento de História e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em História da Universidade Estadual de Maringá
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as his core political strategy. He was an FRG congressman between 1990 and 2004. In 1994, he was elected president of the
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in June 1982 for all insurgents willing to lay down their arms. That was followed a month later by the declaration of a
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as part of the 1996 peace accords, produced reports documenting grave violations of human rights committed during the
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suspended aid to Guatemala due to the grave violations of human rights by the Guatemalan government. In 1981, the new
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and crimes against humanity, but the Constitutional Court quashed that sentence, and his retrial was never completed.
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writes that by corralling indigenous populations from suspect communities into state-established "model villages" (
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Indicted for Genocide: Guatemala's Efraín Ríos Montt: U.S. and Guatemalan Documents Trace Dictator's Rise to Power
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Ríos Montt was a career army officer. He was director of the Guatemalan military academy and rose to the rank of
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Ríos Montt went on trial on those charges on 19 March 2013, marking the first time that a former Latin American
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Efrain Rios Montt, Servant or Dictator? : The Real Story of Guatemala's Controversial Born-again President
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February 1983. [Ríos Montt Gives Carte Blanche to Archivos to Deal with Insurgency] CIA, secret cable
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from 1982 to 1983. His brief tenure as chief executive was one of the bloodiest periods in the long-running
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decided the election, which chose Laugerud by a vote of 38 to 2, with 15 opposition deputies abstaining.
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The Jakarta Method: Washington's Anticommunist Crusade and the Mass Murder Program that Shaped Our World
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In 1989, Ríos Montt returned to the Guatemalan political scene as leader of a new political party, the
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According to political scientist Regina Bateson, in this new career phase, Ríos Montt embraced
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like the former general is that he offered them the chance to surrender without being killed."
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Guatemala, a Silenced History (1944–1989): Volume II, A Break in the Domino Effect (1963–1989)
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and hunger, and a sense of civic pride" were widely appealing. In April 1982, U.S. Ambassador
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The Inter-Diocese Project for the Recovery of the Historic Memory (REMHI), sponsored by the
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had made gains in the countryside and were seen as threatening an attack on the capital,
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in the country. One week later, on August 8, 1983, his own Minister of Defense, General
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Report on Guatemala: Findings of the Study Group on United States-Guatemalan Relations
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On January 17, 2007, Ríos Montt announced that he would run for a seat in Congress in
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Sociologist and historian Carlos Sabino, in a work published initially in 2007 by the
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to replace Ríos Montt as the party's presidential candidate, and he narrowly lost to
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The security situation in Guatemala had deteriorated under the government of General
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the streets to protest against it. On 24 July, in an event that came to be known as
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as the National Opposition Front (FNO) presidential candidate. His running mate was
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La guerre en terre maya: Communauté, violence et modernité au Guatemala, 1970–1992
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La guerre en terre maya: Communauté, violence et modernité au Guatemala, 1970–1992
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referred to evidence that 5.5% of the Ixil people had been wiped out by the army.
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November 9, 2003, Ríos Montt received 19.3% of the vote, placing him third behind
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and the moralizing sermons of the general's regular Sunday television broadcasts (
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in December 1982. He did not visit Guatemala but met with General Ríos Montt in
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A biographical encyclopedia of contemporary genocide portraits of evil and good
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on April 1, 2018, at the age of 91. The then-incumbent president of Guatemala,
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Guatemala court: former dictator can be tried for genocide – but not sentenced
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that overthrew Lucas and prevented Guevara from succeeding him as president.
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by a group of junior military officers who installed Ríos Montt as head of a
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Critics have argued that, in practice, Ríos Montt's strategy amounted to a
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Violence escalated in the countryside under the Guatemalan military's plan
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Refugees of a Hidden War: The Aftermath of Counterinsurgency in Guatemala
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On March 23, the coup culminated with the installation of a three-person
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as a private, joining troops composed almost exclusively of full-blooded
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Guatemala: Memoria del Silencio, Comision para Esclarecimiento Historico
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Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Ríos Montt faces trial for genocide
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features a character named Enrique Monteverde, based on Ríos Montt.
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for less than seventeen months before his defense minister, General
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joined in the suit brought by Menchú. In September 2005, Spain's
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from power was that Ríos Montt "had severely stanched the flow of
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State Violence in Guatemala, 1960–1996: A Quantitative Reflection
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Shattered Hope: Guatemalan Workers and the Promise of Democracy
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Harvest of Violence: The Maya Indians and the Guatemalan Crisis
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Ríos Montt did not play any significant role in the successful
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Sczepanski, David and Anfuso, Joseph (fwd. by Pat Robertson).
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Closed genocide trial for former Guatemalean President in 2015
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Sabino, Carlos (2018). "23: On the Path to Democracy, Again".
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Inevitable Revolutions: The United States in Central America
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The Guatemalan Military Project: A Violence Called Democracy
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Spielberg's Shoah Foundation documents Guatemala genocide
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David Lea; Colette Milward; Annamarie Rowe, eds. (2001).
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The official candidate for the 1974 election was General
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Grappling with Atrocity: Guatemalan Theater in the 1990s
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Sabino, Carlos (2018). "15: Arana Osorio's Government".
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warrant against Efraín Ríos Montt and former presidents
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Guatemalan people convicted of crimes against humanity
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Genocide Retrial Is Set for Guatemalan Former Dictator
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Guatemala ex-leader Rios Montt to face genocide charge
2037:"Indicted for Genocide: Guatemala's Efraín Ríos Montt" 1574:). A warrant was also issued for the retired generals 1300:. In his youth, Portillo had been affiliated with the 4552:
Site monitoring trial against Rios Montt in Guatemala
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ruled that Spanish courts could try those accused of
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officially concluded in 1996 with the signing of the
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but was barred from entering the race. The FRG chose
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Massacres in the Jungle: Ixcán, Guatemala, 1975–1982
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Brodzinsky, Sibylla; Watts, Jonathan (10 May 2013).
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
952:. According to the 1999 report by the UN-sponsored 842:. According to historian Virginia Garrard-Burnett, 4349:Return of Guatemala's Refugees: Reweaving the Torn 3629:"Guatemala's Court Wars and the Silenced Genocide" 3307:. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 150–151. 2878:"Vehicles sold to Guatemala; rights issue ignored" 1558:, even if the victims were not Spanish nationals. 1363:In May 2003, the FRG nominated Ríos Montt for the 4513:Between Two Armies in the Ixil Towns of Guatemala 3814:"Guatemala's Ríos Montt found guilty of genocide" 3808: 3806: 3733:"Judge denies former Guatemalan dictator amnesty" 3333:Between Two Armies in the Ixil Towns of Guatemala 2604:Between Two Armies in the Ixil Towns of Guatemala 2125:Sweet Waist of America: Journeys Around Guatemala 572:and in 1973 he became the Army's Chief of Staff ( 5121: 4377:Guatemala in Rebellion : Unfinished History 3990:Former Guatemala dictator faces genocide retrial 2565: 2343:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 153. 2305:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 152. 2276:(1990). "7. The New Jerusalem of the Americas". 1982:(in French). Paris: Karthala. pp. 225–226. 988:for the situation of human rights in Guatemala, 4675: 4498:(Associated University Presses, London, 2002). 4316:From Silence to Memory: Revelations of the AHPN 3848: 3709:The Christian Science Monitor, January 27, 2012 3180: 3160:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 21. 3155: 3104: 3041:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 20. 3036: 2999: 2833: 2794:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 10. 2789: 2767:Anthropology and the Politics of Representation 2744:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 82. 2739: 2546: 2465:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 64. 2460: 2440:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 72. 2435: 2338: 2300: 2002: 1692: 940:population, particularly in the departments of 446:. In 1982, discontent with the rule of General 33: and the second or maternal family name is 3917: 3803: 3654:"Search – Global Edition – The New York Times" 1538:for torture, genocide, illegal detention, and 1358: 1006:Center for Strategic and International Studies 623: 591: 4661: 4455:, (Fondo de Cultura Económica, Mexico, 2007) 3775:"Genocide trial of Guatemala ex-leader opens" 3070: 2814: 2413: 2062: 2060: 2058: 2056: 2054: 1504:as head of the Office of Human Rights of the 1327:Ríos Montt's FRG party was successful in the 1057: 921:General Ríos Montt's government announced an 16:38th President of Guatemala from 1982 to 1983 4069: 3975:: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of June 2024 ( 3898: 2626: 2280:. Berkeley: University of California Press. 2172: 1570:(the latter of whom had died in May 2006 in 514:became a Catholic priest and would serve as 430:, losing to the official candidate, General 407:(URNG) while also leading to accusations of 5200:Heads of government convicted of war crimes 4423:Unfinished Conquest: The Guatemalan Tragedy 3533:"Guatemala's Rios Montt guilty of genocide" 3299: 3076: 2719:(in French). Paris: Karthala. p. 227. 2569:; Kobrak, Paul; Spirer, Herbert F. (1999). 2409: 2407: 890: 5210:Institutional Republican Party politicians 5175:Guatemalan Christian Democracy politicians 4668: 4654: 4411:. (W.W. Norton & Company, NY, 1993). 4361:Falla, Ricardo (trans. by Julia Howland). 4313:Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional, 3410:"War Study Censures Military in Guatemala" 3357:"Clinton: Support for Guatemala Was Wrong" 3305:Kidnap, Hijack and Extortion: The Response 2115: 2113: 2111: 2109: 2107: 2051: 1924: 1922: 1920: 1284:legislature. He tried to run again in the 753:, the official party's candidate, won the 574:Jefe del Estado Mayor General del Ejército 162:14 January 1995 – 14 January 1996 131:14 January 2000 – 14 January 2004 53: 5265:Guatemalan people convicted of war crimes 4437:Guatemala, a Silenced History (1944–1989) 3005: 2817:"How Ríos Montt Won the War in Guatemala" 2649: 2390:Inter-American Commission on Human Rights 2141: 1918: 1916: 1914: 1912: 1910: 1908: 1906: 1904: 1902: 1900: 1776: 1774: 1716:(2011) by Pamela Yates is a follow-up to 1548:Asociación Pro Derechos Humanos de España 1199: 936:campaign targeted against the indigenous 802:) to prosecute both common criminals and 4441:A Break in the Domino Effect (1963–1989) 4435:Sabino, Carlos (trans. by Denise Leal). 4425:(University of California Press, 1993). 4049: 4047: 3633:North American Congress on Latin America 2974: 2627:Fauriol, Georges A.; Loser, Eva (1991). 2404: 2127:. London: Hutchinson. pp. 141–142. 1838:Yale University Genocide Studies Program 1708:Mayan Indigenous population of Guatemala 1617: 1203: 595: 501: 473:(FRG). He was elected many times to the 5260:Guatemalan people convicted of genocide 5250:Presidents of the Congress of Guatemala 4631:President of the Congress of Guatemala 4515:(Columbia University Press, NY, 1993). 4075: 4056:"HRDAG Testimony In Guatemala Retrials" 3904: 3626: 3477: 2423:United Nations Dag Hammarskjöld Library 2239: 2235: 2233: 2166: 2119: 2104: 1928: 1306:Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity 806:. On April 10, the junta launched the 739:Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity 663: 405:Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity 5205:Heads of state convicted of war crimes 5122: 4609:President of the Congress of Guatemala 4451:. 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Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO. 2021: 1831: 1469:of 1960–1996. That war had pitted 1459:Historical Clarification Commission 1286:1995–96 Guatemalan general election 954:Historical Clarification Commission 245:Cemetery of La Villa de Guadalupe, 13: 5240:People of the Guatemalan Civil War 4712:direct central rule, 1826–27 4695:direct central rule, 1823–24 4484:(Vision House, Ventura, CA, 1984) 4307: 4076:MacLean, Emi (28 September 2018). 4054:Grillo, Christine (4 March 2018). 3181:Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010). 3156:Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010). 3105:Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010). 3037:Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010). 3008:"Central America: Legacies of War" 2958:"Guatemalan Vows to Aid Democracy" 2834:Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010). 2790:Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010). 2740:Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010). 2461:Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010). 2436:Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010). 2339:Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010). 2301:Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010). 2003:Garrard-Burnett, Virginia (2010). 1759:Guatemala National Police Archives 1443:Charges of crimes against humanity 1355:, where 200 people were murdered. 737:guerrilla groups belonging to the 375:military officer, politician, and 14: 5281: 4541:Guatemala Human Rights Commission 4526: 4397:(Westview Press, Boulder, 1989). 3384:"Facing Charges, Not Discomforts" 1725:University of Southern California 1659:Constitutional Court of Guatemala 986:United Nations special rapporteur 808:National Growth and Security Plan 761:("young officers") then staged a 610:March 1974 presidential elections 458:. Ríos Montt ruled as a military 5190:Guatemalan genocide perpetrators 4783: 4365:(Westview Press, Boulder, 1994) 4351:(Temple University Press, 1998) 4288: 4274: 4184:Agencia Guatemalteca de Noticias 4130:. Associated Press. 1 April 2018 3129: 3077:Irin Carmon (21 February 2012). 2527:. Psychology Press. p. 118. 1950:10.5129/001041522X16123600891620 1738:The 2019 Guatemalan horror film 1329:1999 Guatemalan general election 151:Francisco Rolando Morales Chávez 4470:(Palgrave Macmillan, NY, 2003) 4443:, (Grafiaetc, Guatemala, 2018) 4249: 4223: 4198: 4172: 4142: 4116: 4088: 4021: 4002: 3983: 3870: 3842: 3824: 3785: 3767: 3748: 3738: 3726: 3712: 3698: 3672: 3646: 3627:Briscoe, Ivan (13 March 2008). 3620: 3594: 3569: 3543: 3525: 3499: 3471: 3449: 3427: 3401: 3382:Jordan, Mary (8 January 2005). 3375: 3349: 3321: 3293: 3259: 3234: 3225: 3199: 3174: 3149: 3123: 3098: 3055: 3030: 2968: 2950: 2924: 2906: 2888: 2870: 2852: 2827: 2783: 2758: 2733: 2620: 2592: 2559: 2540: 2531: 2516: 2454: 2429: 2398:Organization of American States 2357: 2332: 2319: 2294: 2266: 2209: 2191: 1714:Granito: How to Nail a Dictator 1589: 1224:("Security, welfare, justice"). 1210:Frente Republicano Guatemalteco 793: 788:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 600:Ríos Montt in the army in 1960. 533:. He then volunteered for the 466:overthrew him in another coup. 5220:Leaders who took power by coup 5155:Defense ministers of Guatemala 5140:20th-century Guatemalan people 4321:University of Oregon Libraries 2815:Steven Dudley (4 April 2018). 2091:10.1080/10714839.1990.11723184 1996: 1971: 1875: 1851: 1825: 1804:10.1080/10714839.2012.11722112 1365:November presidential election 1222:Seguridad, bienestar, justicia 911:Patrullas de Autodefensa Civil 606:Guatemalan Christian Democracy 578:Inter-American Defense College 258:Guatemalan Christian Democracy 1: 4592:Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores 4082:International Justice Monitor 3911:International Justice Monitor 3679:Lacey, Marc (3 August 2007). 2035:Doyle, Kyle (19 March 2013). 1764: 1564:Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores 1528:filed a complaint before the 749:. On March 7, 1982, General 656:at the Guatemalan embassy in 568:, Ríos Montt was promoted to 60: 4231:"Film Description – Granito" 3905:MacLean, Emi (21 May 2013). 3685:International Herald Tribune 3658:International Herald Tribune 3012:NACLA Report on the Americas 2631:. New Brunswick and London: 2629:Guatemala's Political Puzzle 2225:George Washington University 2079:NACLA Report on the Americas 1791:NACLA Report on the Americas 1693:In media and popular culture 1652:Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar 1639:Iris Yassmin Barrios Aguilar 1260:, where he was perceived as 1218:No robo, no miento, no abuso 1106:, in 1985, at a cemetery in 836:No robo, no miento, no abuso 800:tribunales de fuero especial 638:National Liberation Movement 616:, a respected economist and 584:According to anthropologist 547:Fort Bragg in North Carolina 25:, the first or paternal 7: 4677:Heads of state of Guatemala 4575:Fernando Romeo Lucas García 4375:Fried, Jonathan L., et al. 2975:Schirmer, Jennifer (1998). 2039:. National Security Archive 1781:Doyle, Kate (Spring 2012). 1747: 1515: 1461:(CEH), co-sponsored by the 1401:, head of the conservative 1359:2003 presidential candidate 1230:Guatemalan Republican Front 1214:Guatemalan Republican Front 1126:techo, trabajo, y tortillas 1120:1983 Guatemalan coup d'état 1064:Jimmy Carter administration 725:1982 Guatemalan coup d'état 672:("Church of the Word"), an 624:1974 presidential elections 592:Early political involvement 487:2003 presidential elections 471:Guatemalan Republican Front 368:[efɾaˈinˈriosˈmont] 262:Guatemalan Republican Front 184:Carlos Alberto García Regás 10: 5286: 5170:Guatemalan anti-communists 4494:Shillington, John Wesley. 4333:Carmack, Robert M. (ed.). 3723:BBC News, January 27, 2012 2072:"Why They Like Ríos Montt" 1718:When the Mountains Tremble 1703:When the Mountains Tremble 1622:Efraín Ríos Montt in court 1446: 1302:Guerrilla Army of the Poor 1298:National Advancement Party 1117: 1058:Support from US and Israel 1014:Fondo de Cultura Económica 874: 722: 442:group affiliated with the 308:Military officer, educator 20: 5104: 4792: 4781: 4683: 4639:Francisco Rolando Morales 4636: 4629: 4623: 4615: 4606: 4598: 4588: 4579: 4571: 4566: 3950:(inactive 13 June 2024). 3948:10.1007/s12129-018-9702-8 3062:National Security Archive 3006:Editorial (Spring 2012). 2240:Bartrop, Paul R. (2012). 2220:National Security Archive 1540:state-sponsored terrorism 1238:Constitution of Guatemala 632:, whose running mate was 353: 343: 335: 325: 317: 312: 304: 292: 285:(after 1953) 268: 253: 241: 224: 197: 192: 188: 178: 166: 155: 145: 141:Leonel Eliseo López Rodas 135: 124: 117: 105: 93: 82: 74: 70: 52: 42: 5215:Leaders ousted by a coup 5145:Anti-communist terrorism 4602:Arabella Castro Quiñónez 3929:"Genocide in Guatemala?" 2660:. Guatemala: Grafiaetc. 2227:, Accessed 29 March 2013 2152:. Guatemala: Grafiaetc. 1929:Bateson, Regina (2021). 1672: 1506:Archdiocese of Guatemala 1498:Mario Enrique Ríos Montt 1347:, with 268 dead, and in 1083:San Pedro Sula, Honduras 990:Lord Colville of Culross 958:Plan de Sánchez massacre 524:Archdiocese of Guatemala 512:Mario Enrique Ríos Montt 173:Arabella Castro Quiñónez 5195:Guatemalan Pentecostals 5180:Guatemalan evangelicals 4690:Supreme Chiefs of State 2681:Sabino, Carlos (2016). 1556:crimes against humanity 1403:Grand National Alliance 1387:Héctor Fernando Ramírez 1228:Ríos Montt founded the 984:On the other hand, the 275:María Teresa Sosa Ávila 5235:People of the Cold War 5165:Former Roman Catholics 4582:President of Guatemala 4557:3 January 2014 at the 4033:March 7, 2016, at the 3245:. Albany: SUNY Press. 3241:Manz, Beatriz (1988). 2633:Transaction Publishers 1859:"ICD – Search results" 1783:"Justice in Guatemala" 1623: 1576:Benedicto Lucas García 1411:National Unity of Hope 1274: 1225: 1200:Later political career 1029: 857: 678:Gospel Outreach Church 644:government-controlled 634:Mario Sandoval Alarcón 601: 543:School of the Americas 444:Gospel Outreach Church 419:under his leadership. 386:President of Guatemala 360:José Efraín Ríos Montt 202:José Efraín Ríos Montt 77:President of Guatemala 4794:Republic of Guatemala 4618:Carlos Alberto García 3557:on September 30, 2008 2914:"Truck sale approved" 2715:Le Bot, Yvon (1992). 1978:Le Bot, Yvon (1992). 1731:, funded by director 1677:Ríos Montt died of a 1621: 1269: 1243:applied retroactively 1234:1990 general election 1207: 1128:" ("roofs, work, and 1068:Reagan administration 1019: 970:Amnesty International 907:Civil Defense Patrols 844: 755:presidential election 743:umbrella organization 733:. By early 1982, the 697:Religion in Guatemala 599: 502:Early life and career 481:. 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Index

Spanish name
surname

President of Guatemala
Romeo Lucas García
Óscar Mejía Víctores
President of the Congress of Guatemala
Arabella Castro Quiñónez
Huehuetenango
Guatemala
Guatemala City
Guatemala City
Guatemalan Christian Democracy
Guatemalan Republican Front
María Teresa Sosa Ávila
Zury Ríos Montt
Guatemalan Army
Brigadier general
[efɾaˈinˈriosˈmont]
Guatemalan
dictator
de facto
President of Guatemala
Guatemalan Civil War
counter-insurgency
Marxist
guerrillas
Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity
war crimes
genocide

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