Word: guatemalan
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...gunmen leaped out of a pickup truck and opened fire on diners enjoying an evening meal at four adjoining sidewalk cafes on a downtown street. Killed: four off-duty U.S. Marine guards from the nearby American embassy, two American businessmen, five Salvadorans, a Chilean and a Guatemalan. At least 15 people were injured. Witnesses said the gunmen, disguised as Salvadoran army regulars, concentrated their fire on the Marines and even hunted one down in a back room. The killers are presumed to be Marxist rebels, turning to urban terrorism because their guerrilla war in the jungles to bring down...
...designation of the city as a sanctuary for E1 Salvadoran, Guatemalan, and Haitian refugees. In addition to opening all public schools and hospitals for refugees, the city council ordered municipal employees not to cooperate with federal authorities seeking to extradite political refugees...
Some of Brinkley's disclosures: President Reagan often argues that Nicaragua's army is much larger than others in Central America. In truth, Defense Department figures show that the Salvadoran and Guatemalan armies are comparable in size, and that "when all the other Central American armies are combined, they are far larger than Nicaragua...
...first met her when she came to speak in front of the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York. She was one of the representatives of Guatemalan opposition delegation. As documentary filmmakers, we know that the best way to reach an audience is through characters, people that they can identify with. We knew based on the material we had that we needed someone like her. We realized that she would be a good person because her life very closely mirrors and is a metaphor for Guatemalan society. What happened to her family, how she changed from a migrant...
...think so--I think so because the Guatemalan army is the most highly trained counter-insurgency force in the region. So over the years they've adapted these methods to try to put down the opposition. I personally think that it's the most brutal military dictatorship in the region...