Guatemala’s September 11
September 10th, 2011 § 2 Comments
Poised to win Guatemala’s presidential elections tomorrow is right-wing former army general Otto Pérez Molina, who is accused of genocide and torture during the epoch of state terrorism in the 1980s and is unsurprisingly an alumnus of the U.S.-run School of the Americas—alma mater of various Latin American dictators, death squad leaders, and other talented persons.
Al Jazeera’s Lucia Newman recently managed to interview Pérez Molina about narcotrafficking in Guatemala without supplying any of these contextual details. In the interview, the former general surmised that 35-40 percent of Guatemalan territory is currently controlled by drug traffickers but failed to mention the drug ties of his own party.
The U.S. war on communism legitimated the elimination of over 200,000 Guatemalans via “internal conflict”. The full extent to which the new narco menace and increasing militarization of Central America will facilitate the eradication of large swaths of the area’s unnecessary human population remains to be seen, as does whether Guatemala will join the list of countries with memorable 9/11s.
Thank you for your very concise and truthful article. That you find Pérez Molina revolting comes through loud and clear, as well as your distaste, to say the least, for the U.S., and I can only agree with everything you state.
At the same time, scientists in Guatemala City are looking for more mass graves. Found this link to YouTube as well on Al Jazeera web site. http://www.youtube.com/user/FauzInfoVids#p/a/u/2/1AsVhQuwswo