State Violence in Guatemala

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The political history of the Latin American country of Guatemala has always been unstable. This paper takes a decade-by-decade look at how the state has dealt with violence and its use of the military to oppress the opposition. The paper looks at the years 1960 to present day.

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"There was, for example, a movement to block the government contract with EXMIBAL, a subsidiary of a Canadian nickel-mining concern (Ball et al., 2001: Chapter3). The wish to block this contract stemmed from the perception that it was a deal that would give away the nation's mineral reserves for the unprecedented profit of the military - political ruling alliance. Again the opposition was counteracted through undemocratic strategies such as mass arrests and suspending the constitutional right to assembly. Such strategies, including the occupation of the University of San Carlos by the army, culminated in the death of law professor Julio Camey Herrera."

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