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The Guatemalan Civil War was a civil war in Guatemala which was fought from 1960 to 1996 between the government of Guatemala and various leftist rebel groups. The Guatemalan government forces committed genocide against the Maya population of Guatemala during the civil war and there were widespread human rights violations against civilians. [15]
The Guatemalan genocide, also referred to as the Maya genocide, [3] or the Silent Holocaust [7] (Spanish: Genocidio guatemalteco, Genocidio maya, or Holocausto silencioso), was the mass killing of the Maya Indigenous people during the Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996) by successive Guatemalan military governments that first took power following the CIA instigated 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état.
Beginning of the Cold War; Mexico–Guatemala Conflict (1958–1959) Guatemala Mexico: Stalemate. Relations between the two nations are frozen for several months; Guatemalan Civil War (1960–1996) Guatemala: URNG: Stalemate. Peace accord signed in 1996
By the end of the 1970s, open civil war was waged in Guatemala. [2] The 1960s and 1970s also saw the introduction of the "Liberation Theology." [3] This ideology used biblical principals to support solidarity with poor communities, the critique of capitalism and local development projects. Many young Mayas joined this ideology. [2] The ...
During the country's ongoing civil war, Guatemalan Army General Benedicto Lucas Garcia points to a map at a military garrison, Santa Cruz de Quiche, Guatemala, January 19, 1982. - Robert ...
On 13 November 1960, a group of 120 young military officers joined by approximately 3000 enlisted soldiers seized the Zacapa military base and most of the Eastern Military Zone of the country and demanded the resignation of President Ydígoras. The rebels' discontent was fueled by the staggering corruption of the Ydígoras regime, the ...
Protesters broke down gates leading into the building's parking lot and torched several vehicles, causing congress employees to flee over a rooftop.
The Guatemalan Civil War began in 1960 between the government and leftist actors, and it resulted in over 200,000 deaths. [5] Sources cite the history of conflict in Guatemala as rendering communities accustomed to violence today, and the extension of incompetent or corrupt state institutions facilitates the impunity associated with such violence. [6]