Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemalan_Civil_War
Description: WebThe Guatemalan Civil War was a civil war in Guatemala fought from 1960 to 1996 between the government of Guatemala and various leftist rebel groups. The government forces have been condemned for committing genocide against the Maya population of Guatemala during the civil war and for widespread human rights violations against …
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Link: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/latin_america-jan-june11-timeline_03-07
Description: WebMar 7, 2011 · 1960 – Guatemala’s 36-year civil war began as left-wing guerilla groups started battling government military forces. The country was now under autocratic rule by Gen. Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes,...
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Link: https://www.thoughtco.com/guatemalan-civil-war-history-and-impact-4800364
Description: WebMar 21, 2020 · The Guatemalan Civil War was the bloodiest Cold War conflict in Latin America. During the war, which lasted from 1960 to 1996, over 200,000 people were killed and one million people were displaced. The 1999 UN Truth Commission found that 83% of casualties were indigenous Maya, and 93% of human rights violations were perpetuated …
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Link: https://www.britannica.com/place/Guatemala/Civil-war-years
Description: WebGuatemala - Civil War, Human Rights, Refugees: Castillo Armas emerged from the resulting military junta as provisional president, and a plebiscite made his status official. He extirpated communist influence, quashed agrarian reform, and broke labour and peasant unions with considerable violence, but he himself was brought down by an assassin ...
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Link: https://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-guatemala-war-aftermath-20180903-story.html
Description: WebSept. 3, 2018 3 AM PT. Reporting from Ixtupil, Guatemala — During the 1980s, as much of Central America became a bloody Cold War battleground, the conflict in Guatemala stood out as...
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Link: https://theworld.org/stories/2016-12-29/why-you-need-know-about-guatemalas-civil-war
Description: WebDec 29, 2016 · Josue Decavele/Reuters. Today is the 20th anniversary of the signing of the peace accord that ended Guatemala’s civil war. Most Americans don’t know much about this 36-year conflict. We should.
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Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/29/guatemalans-still-seek-justice-25-years-after-civil-wars-end
Description: WebDec 29, 2021 · Guatemalans still seek justice, 25 years after civil war’s end. Survivors decry new amnesty bill that would free perpetrators of crimes against humanity during 1960-1996 civil war.
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Link: https://theconversation.com/guatemala-25-years-later-firm-and-lasting-peace-is-nowhere-to-be-found-174153
Description: WebJan 2, 2022 · When what’s known as the Firm and Lasting Peace Accord was signed, the Guatemalan Civil War was one of the longest, bloodiest conflicts in 20th-century Latin America. A quarter century later, the...
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Link: https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/events/guatemala-civil-war-1960-1996
Description: WebMay 30, 2019 · Washington, D.C., August 13, 2018 —Guatemala’s renowned Historical Archive of the National Police (AHPN) is in crisis after its director Gustavo Meoño Brenner was abruptly removed in one of a series of recent actions orchestrated by the Guatemalan government and a United Nations office.
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Link: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/article/family-photos-and-mass-graves-reveal-the-horrors-of-guatemalas-civil-war
Description: WebDec 8, 2015 · This man was but one of the estimated 200,000 people who were killed or went missing during the civil war in Guatemala—a 36-year conflict between the state-backed military and leftist...
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