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Charging that the Guatemalan judicial system has been corrupted by blatant political favoritism, a Harvard law professor has decided to shut down a University program that trains judges and prosecutors in the Latin American nation...
Heymann told the House that he had decided against continuing the project because Guatemalan President Marco Vinicio Cerezo Arevalo had refused to investigate alleged political killings...
Heymann launched the program in August, 1987, in a series of meetings with officials of the Guatemalan judicial system, including the President of the Supreme Court, Dr. Edmundo Vasquez...
Salazar said because the Guatemalan justice system relies on written statements, rather than oral testimony, it gives individuals almost no power to plead their cases. In addition, she said that public confidence in the system is so low that many people will not report crimes of authorities...
...argument might be made that American journalists are more willing to attack Israel and its army out of concern over the use of U.S. dollars in the alleged violation of human rights. Where, then, are headlines like "Salvadorean Army Pushes Town to Hatred," or, for that matter, "Guatemalan Army Eliminates Entire Town...