Guatemala’s Tenous Peace
On December 29, 1996, the "Firm and Lasting Peace" Agreement was signed between the Government of Guatemala and the Guatemalan ...
Guatemalan Peace Accords: An End and a Beginning
On Saturday night, December 28, 1996, the eve of the signing of Guatemala's his- toric Peace Accords, Guatemala City's central ...
Post-War Aid: What Kind and Who Decides?
One of the most wide-ranging po- litical battles unfolding in the wake of the Salvadoran peace accords concerns funding for ...
Truth-Telling and Memory in Postwar Guatemala: An Interview with Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta Menchú, who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992 and has been a tireless activist for indigenous and ...
EL SALVADOR A Negotiated Revolution
Shortly before midnight on New Year's Eve, at the United Nations Plaza in New York City, Salvadoran Presi- dent Alfredo ...
On Rigoberta, Guerrillas and Academics: An Interview with David Stoll
Steven Dudley: Many critics have said that you are being picky; that if the things Rigoberta describes did not happen ...
THE ACCORDS IN BRIEF
The peace accords, signed on Janu- ary 16, are 122 pages long. They in- clude agreements about the armed forces, ...
Scorched Earth in a Time of Peace
They started shooting at people. Then they threw tear gas grenades and torched the houses. We fled for almost a ...
