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May 20, 2013
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Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the U.S. Embassy’s website, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs’ website www.travel.state.gov, where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and Country Specific Information can be found. The U.S. Embassy also encourages U.S. citizens to review "A Safe Trip Abroad," found at http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/safety/safety_1747.html, which includes valuable security information for those both living and traveling abroad. In addition to information on the Internet, travelers may obtain up-to-date information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the U.S. and Canada, or outside the U.S. and Canada on a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444.
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May 18, 2013
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Little fanfare accompanied the trial court’s release of its 718 page full reasoned judgment on May 17, 2013, one week after the court convicted former de facto head of state Ríos Montt of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced him to 80 years in prison. The trial court simply notified the parties to pick up a copy of the sentence at 3pm, when the doors to the courthouse were already closed to the public.
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May 14, 2013
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This indelible image captures the moment at the Guatemalan trial of former dictator General Efraín Ríos Montt, when he and his mustachioed legal team are listening to Judge Jasmín Barrios as she pronounces him guilty of commiting genocide and crimes against humanity against the Maya Ixil people, and sentences him to 80 years in prison.
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May 12, 2013
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abUSed: The Postville Raid, the documentary by award-winning director, Luis Argueta, will have its Iowa PBS Premiere and its second national broadcast on America Reframed on May 12, 2013. This broadcast will commemorate the 5th anniversary of the devastating immigration raid on a meatpacking plant in the Heartland of America. America ReFramed airs on the WORLD Channel. This broadcast includes the director's cut version and an exclusive interview with Luis Argueta by Natasha del Toro, and lasts 116 minutes. The broadcast times are:
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May 10, 2013
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Guatemala's ex-dictator Efraín Ríos Montt is the first former president to be charged with genocide by a Latin American court. He denies genocide and crimes against humanity. Here, witnesses give their accounts of some of the atrocities between 1960 and 1996, when more than 200,000 people are thought to have died.
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May 8, 2013
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I tuned in as soon as court opened at 8:30 every morning, Guatemala time. And in our shared D.C. office, over a course of weeks, every day Miles and I worked while listening to audio streaming over the internet from that courtroom far away in Guatemala City. The background audio of our workdays included witness testimonies; defense lawyers yelling at the judges; and elderly Ixil Maya women weeping as they re-told the horrors of being raped, and watching their children, brothers, mothers, and grandfathers be killed.
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May 2, 2013
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A State of Siege has been declared for 30 days in at least 4 municipalities in Santa Rosa and Jalapa, Guatemala, through Government Decree 06-2013. The deployment of security forces began between midnight and 4am. On April 29, 2013, the Public Prosecutor’s Office had ordered the arrest of 18 persons allegedly involved in the retention of 23 police officers in Laguna El Pito, Jalapa. The military and police have carried out house-by-house searches, apparently looking for police weapons; 10 people have been arrested so far and the number of arrest warrants may now be as high as 40.
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May 2, 2013
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A State of Siege has been declared for 30 days in at least 4 municipalities in Santa Rosa and Jalapa, Guatemala, through Government Decree 06-2013. The deployment of security forces began between midnight and 4am. On April 29, 2013, the Public Prosecutor’s Office had ordered the arrest of 18 persons allegedly involved in the retention of 23 police officers in Laguna El Pito, Jalapa. The military and police have carried out house-by-house searches, apparently looking for police weapons; 10 people have been arrested so far and the number of arrest warrants may now be as high as 40.
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Apr 30, 2013
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Over 150 international, regional and local organizations from 10 countries have come together to address presidents from the US and Mesoamerica on the eve of their summit.
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Apr 29, 2013
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The following is a round-up of some of the top articles and news highlights from around the region over the past week.
May 20, 2013 0Americans traveling abroad should regularly monitor the U.S. Embassy’s website, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Consular Affairs’ website www.travel.state.gov, where the current Worldwide Caution, Travel Warnings, Travel Alerts, and Country Specific Information can be found. The U.S. Embassy also encourages U.S. citizens to review "A Safe Trip Abroad," found at http://travel.state.gov/travel/tips/safety/safety_1747.html, which includes valuable security information for those both living and traveling abroad. In addition to information on the Internet, travelers may obtain up-to-date information on security conditions by calling 1-888-407-4747 toll-free in the U.S. and Canada, or outside the U.S. and Canada on a regular toll line at 1-202-501-4444.
May 14, 2013 0This indelible image captures the moment at the Guatemalan trial of former dictator General Efraín Ríos Montt, when he and his mustachioed legal team are listening to Judge Jasmín Barrios as she pronounces him guilty of commiting genocide and crimes against humanity against the Maya Ixil people, and sentences him to 80 years in prison.
May 10, 2013 0Guatemala's ex-dictator Efraín Ríos Montt is the first former president to be charged with genocide by a Latin American court. He denies genocide and crimes against humanity. Here, witnesses give their accounts of some of the atrocities between 1960 and 1996, when more than 200,000 people are thought to have died.
May 8, 2013 0I tuned in as soon as court opened at 8:30 every morning, Guatemala time. And in our shared D.C. office, over a course of weeks, every day Miles and I worked while listening to audio streaming over the internet from that courtroom far away in Guatemala City. The background audio of our workdays included witness testimonies; defense lawyers yelling at the judges; and elderly Ixil Maya women weeping as they re-told the horrors of being raped, and watching their children, brothers, mothers, and grandfathers be killed.