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Paradise in Ashes
Paradise in Ashes is a deeply engaged and moving account of the violence and repression that defined the murderous Guatemalan civil war of the 1980s. In this compelling book, Beatriz Manz—an anthropologist who spent over two decades studying the Mayan highlands and remote rain forests of Guatemala—tells the story of the village of Santa María Tzejá, near the border with Mexico. Manz writes eloquently about Guatemala's tortured history and shows how the story of this village—its birth, destruction, and rebirth—embodies the forces and conflicts that define the country today. Drawing on interviews with peasants, community leaders, guerrillas, and paramilitary forces, Manz creates a ri...
The Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala
This report on the verification carried by the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA) analyzes compliance with the commitments of the Peace Agreements related to the identity and rights of the indigenous peoples almost five years after the signing of the Agreement on a Firm and Lasting Peace. The actions of the State in regard to racial discrimination and the promotion of the participation of these peoples in national political life are analyzed by looking at the progress and limitations of public policies implemented by the Government to resolve the historical exclusion in which the majority of the indigenous population of Guatemala lives.
Refugees of a Hidden War
Examines the results of the political violence and military repression in Guatemala during the 1980s
Nightmare Or Reality
This book, the result of more than ten years of research, concerns one of Guatemala's most tragic decades, the 1980s. It outlines the internal situation and examines the international network of support for that apparatus. the focus is also on tens of thousands who fled from the violence. REVIEW: "This work constitutes an extraordinary document about political violence and State terrorism." --Edelberto Torres-Rivas, Guatemalan writer, Costa Rica
