[Aztlan] Frontline - Guatemalan History

[Elaine Day Schele]

Guatemala - The Secret Files

 

PBS has put together an awesome webpage with timelines, videos and other
information about the history of violence against the indigenous people of
Guatemala.

 

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/guatemala704/

 

>From one of their pages: 

"With a population of 13 million people, Guatemala is the second most
populated country in Central America (after El Salvador). Guatemala has a
long history of violence, political instability, and foreign corporations
exploiting the country's natural and economic resources. There's a marked
disparity in income distribution within Guatemala, and Mayan Indians, the
majority of the population, are the most impoverished."

 

Elaine