Sunday, August 03, 2003

The Heartbreak continues.

Guatemala's Constitutional Court made a fateful mistake this week when it ruled that Efrain Rios Montt can run for president in November. Rios Montt has already proved his unfitness for the job - he was Guatemala's dictator in 1982 and 1983. Backed by clandestine security forces, his victory could once again allow fear to rule Guatemala.
Rios Montt's misrule was disastrous for Guatemala. The truth commission in Guatemala concluded that during his brief time as president, 400 Mayan villages were destroyed and some 17,000 people murdered. These were the worst atrocities of the country's 36-year civil war - the truth commission called them acts of genocide. (from International Herald Times)

The past lessons seem to have little impact? PBS special Discovering Dominga paints the picture .... but this isn't the mainstream "Reality" show that the public want's to hear.

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