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Indigenous Peoples Now


The genocide against Mayan peoples
           in Guatemala
The Genocide against Mayan Peoples in Guatemala during the 80s
Guatemala: historical overview
   Mayan societies

   Spanisch colony since the early 1500.

   Independent republic since 1821

   1898-1920: Manuel Estrada Cabrera & The United Fruit Co


   1954: CIA backed military coup

   1960-1996: civil war
The war (1960-1996)
   The Guatemalan army controls the country:
       United States Army Special Forces u. CIA
       School of the Americas
       USA support


   Leftit guerrilla-groups fight against the military:
       ORPA (Organización del Pueblo en Armas)
       EGP (Ejército Guatemalteco de los Pobres)
       => URNG (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca)
Human rights during the war
   The military organizes:
            “Orejas”
            PAC
            Kaibiles

   1978 -1982: General Romeo Lucas García

   1982-1983: General Efraín Ríos Montt
Why did the war end?
   international pressure
            Rigoberta Menchú

   UNO Intervention

   1994: First Peace Talks

   1996: Piece Accords
Rigoberta Menchú Tum                     Testimony
  Maya-Quiché

  Nobel Prize for Peace 1992




Rigoberta Menchú (1985):
I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in
Guatemala.
1998

REPORT GUATEMALA: NEVER AGAIN.
„Recovery of Historical Memory Project“
(REMHI) in Guatemala.


Direction: Monsignor Juan José Gerardi
Genocide against the Mayan
         Peoples of Guatemala

   160.000 murdered
    40.000 disappeared
       600 massacres
       440 villages destroyed

   More than 1.000.000 peoples go into exile

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The Genocide against Mayan Peoples in Guatemala during the 80s

  • 1. Indigenous Peoples Now The genocide against Mayan peoples in Guatemala
  • 3. Guatemala: historical overview  Mayan societies  Spanisch colony since the early 1500.  Independent republic since 1821  1898-1920: Manuel Estrada Cabrera & The United Fruit Co  1954: CIA backed military coup  1960-1996: civil war
  • 4. The war (1960-1996)  The Guatemalan army controls the country:  United States Army Special Forces u. CIA  School of the Americas  USA support  Leftit guerrilla-groups fight against the military:  ORPA (Organización del Pueblo en Armas)  EGP (Ejército Guatemalteco de los Pobres)  => URNG (Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca)
  • 5. Human rights during the war  The military organizes:  “Orejas”  PAC  Kaibiles  1978 -1982: General Romeo Lucas García  1982-1983: General Efraín Ríos Montt
  • 6. Why did the war end?  international pressure  Rigoberta Menchú  UNO Intervention  1994: First Peace Talks  1996: Piece Accords
  • 7. Rigoberta Menchú Tum Testimony  Maya-Quiché  Nobel Prize for Peace 1992 Rigoberta Menchú (1985): I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala.
  • 8. 1998 REPORT GUATEMALA: NEVER AGAIN. „Recovery of Historical Memory Project“ (REMHI) in Guatemala. Direction: Monsignor Juan José Gerardi
  • 9. Genocide against the Mayan Peoples of Guatemala  160.000 murdered  40.000 disappeared  600 massacres  440 villages destroyed  More than 1.000.000 peoples go into exile