[Aztlan] Frontline - Guatemalan History

[carlos]

I was there in early 90s, a backpacker in a chicken bus.  Stopped at 
roadblocks showing ID lined up at the side of the bus.  Not everyone got 
back on board.  Very sad time.  Many stories including Santiago de 
Atitlan just after the killing.

Carlos

Elaine Day Schele wrote:
> Guatemala - The Secret Files
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> PBS has put together an awesome webpage with timelines, videos and other
> information about the history of violence against the indigenous people of
> Guatemala.
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> http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/guatemala704/
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> >From one of their pages: 
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> "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."
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> Elaine
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