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NPR
April 4, 2018
On Sunday, Guatemala's former dictator Efrain Rios Montt died at 91. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks ... In March of 1982, Efrain Rios Montt seized power in Guatemala. That country was in the ... KELLY: Former Guatemalan ruler Efrain Rios Montt died on Sunday at the age of 91. Up until his death, he wasÃÂ ...
New Jersey Herald
April 3, 2018
FILE - In this Jan. 26, 2012, file photo, Guatemala's former dictator Efrain Rios Montt (1982-1983), who faces genocide charges, returns from a break in court in Guatemala City. According to his lawyer, Rios Montt died Sunday, April 1, 2018, in Guatemala City of a heart attack.(AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd, File)
Common Dreams
April 3, 2018
Victims of the genocide and human rights advocates said Rios Montt's death brings a measure of closure. by. Brett Wilkins. Tweet. Share. Share. Pin. Share. Share. Share. Mail. Mail. Share. Share. 0 Comments. Former Guatemalan dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt (l) during his trial on charges of genocide inÃÂ ...
Daily Telegraph
April 2, 2018
Former Guatemalan military dictator Efrain Rios Montt has died at the age of 91, a bitterly divisive figure in the country's long civil war who escaped a 2013 genocide conviction only to face renewed charges last year. At the time of his death, which his lawyer Luis Rosales announced on Sunday, Rios MonttÃÂ ...
NBC Bay Area
April 2, 2018
Ex-Guatemala Dictator Efrain Rios Montt Dies at 91: Lawyer. Efrain Rios Montt was convicted in 2013 of genocide and crimes against humanity for the massacre of 1,771 indigenous Ixil Mayans. Published 4 minutes agoÃÂ ...
Ealing Times
April 2, 2018
Rios Montt seized power in a 1982 coup and presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war as soldiers waged a scorched-earth campaign to root out Marxist guerrillas. Rios Montt was convicted in 2013 of genocide and crimes against humanity for the massacre of 1,771 indigenous IxilÃÂ ...
Chicago Daily Herald
April 2, 2018
GUATEMALA CITY -- Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has died. This article filed under: News ÷ Nation/World ÷ Associated Press. Article Comments ( 0 ). Guidelines: Keep it civil and on topic; no profanity, vulgarity, slurs or personal attacks. People who harass others or joke about tragedies willà...
Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel
April 2, 2018
GUATEMALA CITY — Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who seized power in a 1982 coup and presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war in which soldiers waged a scorched-earth campaign to root out Marxist guerrillas, died Sunday, his lawyers said. Lawyer Jaime Hernandez saidÃÂ ...
NBC Chicago
April 2, 2018
In this Jan. 26, 2012, file photo, Guatemala's former dictator Efrain Rios Montt (1982-1983) is seen in Guatemala City. A lawyer for former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt says the ex-leader has died at age 91. Lawyer Jaime Hernandez says the cause of death was a heart attack on Sunday.
SFGate
April 1, 2018
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Olean Times Herald
April 1, 2018
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Isle of Wight County Press
April 1, 2018
Rios Montt seized power in a 1982 coup and presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war as soldiers waged a scorched-earth campaign to root out Marxist guerrillas. Rios Montt was convicted in 2013 of genocide and crimes against humanity for the massacre of 1,771 indigenous IxilÃÂ ...
AD.nl
April 1, 2018
De voormalige dictator van Guatemala Efrain Rios Montt is vandaag op 91-jarige leeftijd overleden. Dat heeft zijn advocaat Luis Rosales bekendgemaakt. Generaal Rios Montt was na een militaire staatsgreep bijna anderhalf jaar aan de macht in 1982 en 1983, toen het Midden-Amerikaanse land deÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
October 12, 2017
Efrain Rios Montt stands during a pause in a hearing at the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City, November 19, 2013. ... The former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will face a second trial on Friday for genocide, a lawyer for victims said, reviving a case against the man accused of orderingÃÂ ...
HeraldScotland
December 31, 1999
EFRAIN Rios Montt, who has died aged 91, was a ruthless dictator who seized power in Guatemala in a 1982 coup and presided over one of the bloodiest periods of the country's civil war as soldiers waged a scorched-earth campaign to root out Marxist guerrillas. A UN truth commission determined thatÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
December 31, 1999
Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt had formerly been convicted of genocide and sentenced to 80 years in prison. The United Nations High Human Rights Council has echoed the calls of Guatemalan activists, who are demanding the continuation of the trial against the former dictator, Efrain Rios Montt, afterÃÂ ...
SouthCoastToday.com
December 31, 2017
That was at the height of a genocide — headed by President Efrain Rios Montt, who legalized the Patrulla de Autodefensa Civil — that claimed the lives of well over 100,000 indigenous Maya. In Samayoa's case, the accusations include burying people alive and torching their homes. The court documentÃÂ ...
Seattle Times
December 29, 2017
The villages were created with government funds and support from U.S. evangelical churches, which maintained close relations with then-dictator Efrain Rios Montt. With the signing of peace accords in 1996, the model villages were gradually dismantled. Today little has changed in Santa Avelina andÃÂ ...
Middle East Eye
December 28, 2017
Former Guatemalan general Efrain Rios Montt was recently indicted for his primary role and involvement in crimes against humanity and genocide against indigenous Mayans of Guatemala. He stated to ABC News that his success was due to the fact that "his soldiers were trained by Israelis". He was theÃÂ ...
The Japan Times
December 27, 2017
They point to a series of scenes — Fujimori in a hospital bed, late former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet in a wheelchair, former Guatemalan president Efrain Rios Montt immune from sentencing because of alleged dementia — to underline their argument. In Fujimori's case, a presidential pardon thatÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
October 12, 2017
Efrain Rios Montt stands during a pause in a hearing at the Supreme Court of Justice in Guatemala City, November 19, 2013. ... The former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt will face a second trial on Friday for genocide, a lawyer for victims said, reviving a case against the man accused of orderingÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
March 31, 2017
The right-wing former military leader is accused of ordering the killings of over 200 people who were allegedly associated with leftist guerillas. Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is set to stand for a second trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, Fox News reports. RELATED:
gulfnews.com
August 7, 2017
1983 Guatemalan President Efrain Rios Montt is ousted in a military coup after a brief resistance by loyal troops in which five people are killed.
Jamaica Observer
August 7, 2017
1983: In its sixth coup since 1954, the Guatemalan military overthrows President Efrain Rios Montt and installs defence minister, OscarÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
November 16, 2016
The former dictator of Guatemala Jose Efrain Rios Montt will face genocide charges for a 1982 massacre that killed 273 Indigenous people andÃÂ ...
Consortium News
March 26, 2017
Special Report: The mainstream U.S. media obsesses over Russian "propaganda" yet the U.S. government created a "psyops" bureaucracy three decades ago to flood the world with dubious information, reports Robert Parry.
International Business Times UK
March 15, 2017
The courage and determination of the survivors shines through when they come face to face with their abusers. It took 13 years of struggle to bring one of the perpetrators of the genocide to justice, resulting in the 2013 trial of former dictator ...
Thomson Reuters Foundation
March 14, 2017
Former Guatemala dictator Efrain Rios Montt is on trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the civil war.
Thomson Reuters Foundation
March 14, 2017
Former Guatemala dictator Efrain Rios Montt is on trial on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity committed during the civil war.
Thomson Reuters Foundation
February 16, 2017
The most recent coup in Guatemalan history took place in 1983, when former dictator Efrain Rios Montt was overthrown just over a year after taking power.
U.S. News & World Report
February 16, 2017
The most recent coup in Guatemalan history took place in 1983, when former dictator Efrain Rios Montt was overthrown just over a year after taking power.
Scoop.co.nz
February 12, 2017
Perhaps one of Abrams' most nefarious actions, aside from evading congressional legislation, was his attempt to protect General Efrain Rios Montt, the Guatemalan dictator whose murderous regime decimated a large number of indigenous populations in theÃÂ ...
Council On Hemispheric Affairs
February 9, 2017
Perhaps one of Abrams' most nefarious actions, aside from evading congressional legislation, was his attempt to protect General Efrain Rios Montt, the Guatemalan dictator whose murderous regime decimated a large number of indigenous populations in theÃÂ ...
Consortium News
February 6, 2017
President Ronald Reagan meeting with Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt, infamous for his U.S.-backed genocidal war against Indian tribes sympathetic to rebels who were fighting against the country's oligarchic and corporate powers.
Toward Freedom
January 10, 2017
According to the Center for Human Rights Legal Action (CALDH), 72 communities were destroyed as part of the military's scorched earth campaign between 1982 and 1984 against the civilian population during the dictatorship of Efrain Rios Montt.
teleSUR English
January 10, 2017
The bloody massacre occurred in December 1982 at the height of the country's 36-year civil war during the de facto administration of former dictator and ally to fomer U.S.
Salon
January 5, 2017
If Chairman Mao is right and guerrillas are fish in the sea, then Putin has taken a line from Guatemalan President Efrain Rios Montt and is draining that sea. The bombing campaign on eastern Aleppo makes sense in those terms. This is a fascinating ...
teleSUR English
December 30, 2016
In 2013, a Guatemalan court handed down a genocide sentence to former dictator General Efrain Rios Montt, whose military regime oversaw a slew of egregious rights abuses during one of the bloodiest periods of the war.
teleSUR English
December 29, 2016
Supporters of the armed forces protest outside Matamoros Barracks where former general and ex de facto head of state Efrain Rios Montt is held imprisoned. Rios Montt was recently convicted for genocide and crimes against humanity during Guatemala's ...
teleSUR English
December 28, 2016
Dictator Efrain Rios Montt's trial for genocide proved that the violence against women was part of the warfare's strategy; it was used to break the organization of Indigenous communities, where women play a central role.
teleSUR English
December 28, 2016
For Hijos Guatemala, the 2013 genocide conviction against former dictator General Efrain Rios Montt - whose brutal military regime oversaw one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war - was "a turning point" in the long struggle to prosecute ...
Consortium News
December 14, 2016
In 1981, Ronald Reagan signaled Guatemala's right-wing regime to escalate its death-squad operations, a decision that led to the murder of American priest Stanley Rother, now a candidate for sainthood, writes Nicolas J S Davies.
Consortium News
November 27, 2016
President Ronald Reagan meeting with Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who mounted an extermination campaign in the Mayan highlands that was later denounced as "genocide.
WAtoday
November 27, 2016
... quote above, which could at different times in Western history have been applied to Augusto Pinochet, Efrain Rios Montt, Manuel Noriega, Leopoldo Galtieri, Hosni Mubarak, Saddam Hussein, Ferdinand Marcos, Jean-Claude Duvalier and even Josef Stalin.
teleSUR English
November 16, 2016
The former dictator of Guatemala Jose Efrain Rios Montt will face genocide charges for a 1982 massacre that killed 273 Indigenous people and campesinos, almost half of them minors.
Aljazeera.com
October 28, 2016
In the Reality Check, we look into the US Department of Defence's controversial School of the Americas, where graduates include Manuel Noriega, the members of the Zetas cartel, and Efrain Rios Montt. And in the Arena, we debate whether financialÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
October 11, 2016
Despite genocide trials and convictions of various army officers, including former dictator Efrain Rios Montt [whose 2013 conviction was overturned under pressure from the oligarchy], the aging genocidaires continue to blame the victims and threaten ...
Religion News Service
October 11, 2016
Efrain Rios Montt made hemispheric history by becoming the first Pentecostal head of state through a military coup d'etat in 1982.
teleSUR English
October 11, 2016
Despite genocide trials and convictions of various army officers, including former dictator Efrain Rios Montt [whose 2013 conviction was overturned under pressure from the oligarchy], the aging genocidaires continue to blame the victims and threaten ...
Religion News Service
October 11, 2016
Efrain Rios Montt made hemispheric history by becoming the first Pentecostal head of state through a military coup d'etat in 1982.
