Guatemala’s Circus of Courts
While the world barely took notice, justice came upon a tribe of Guatemalan Indians and their supporters this month when their 13-year claim of genocide and crimes on humanity produced a guilty verdict
Read MorePaul N. Avakian is an award-winning writer with articles and essays published in Foreign Policy In Focus, Foreign Policy Journal, and Strategy & Leadership. His 2005 film, On The Fringes, about the immigrant subculture living on the edges of wealth in Westchester County, has been adopted as a teaching resource in university Latin American studies programs across the country. He has studied social revolution in Cuba at the University of Havana, and in Guatemala’s highlands.
Posted by Paul N. Avakian | May 26, 2013 | Americas, News & Analysis |
While the world barely took notice, justice came upon a tribe of Guatemalan Indians and their supporters this month when their 13-year claim of genocide and crimes on humanity produced a guilty verdict
Read MorePosted by Paul N. Avakian | Feb 16, 2013 | Americas, News & Analysis, US |
Guatemala is one of several Latin American nations where U.S. intervention has brought disorder and dysfunction.
Read MorePosted by Paul N. Avakian | Aug 17, 2012 | Americas, News & Analysis, US |
A country’s propensity for revolution is a measure of its inner pain—and a people’s openness to communism is in proportion to how well capitalism serves them.
Read MorePosted by Paul N. Avakian | Oct 13, 2010 | Americas, Essays |
The question, of course, is what will become of Cuba. What is the fate of this small piece of plucky land as the Castro regime nears an end?
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