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Guatemala, the Question of Genocide (Paperback)
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Guatemala, the Question of Genocide (Paperback)
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In Guatemala, it was called the "trial of the century": the 2013
prosecution of former de facto head of state (1982-1983) General
Jose Efrain Rios Montt and his intelligence chief, General Jose
Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez, on charges of genocide and crimes
against humanity against the Maya-Ixil people. Rios Montt's
seventeen-month reign was one of the bloodiest periods in
Guatemala's history, with "scorched earth" massacres, the
destruction of hundreds of Maya communities, and militarized
resettlement of Mayas into "model villages." Rios Montt was
convicted on all charges. Ten days later, a higher court vacated
the verdict on dubious procedural grounds. Nevertheless,
Guatemala's genocide trial, held in the domestic courts in the
country where the crimes were committed, was precedent-setting. In
this volume, Guatemalan and international scholars rigorously
explore the complexities of the Guatemala experience and reflect
upon the case's implications for understanding and prosecuting the
category of genocide more broadly. Topics include: the nexus of
racism and counterinsurgency in explaining Guatemala's genocide;
the politics of Maya collective memory; the intersections of
gender, sexuality, and ethnicity in genocide; the decades-long
interconnections of national and transnational justice processes
that brought the case to trial; and the limits and contributions of
tribunal justice. This book was originally published as a special
issue of the Journal of Genocide Research.
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