Return Of Guatemala'S Refugees


Clark. Taylor
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
Utgitt
Philadelphia : : Temple University Press, , 2010.
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1 online resource (241 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Torn by Terror; 2. Reweaving the Pieces: Culture of Fear/Culture of Learning; 3. The Contextual Loom: The Peace Accords, Civil Society, and the Powerful; 4. Clash of Patterns: From Mexico and Guatemala; A Pictorial; 5. Resources for Reweaving: The Perils of Development; 6. Human Rights: The Color of Life; 7. The Gray of Frozen Grief: Resolving the Trauma of Memory; 8. Tearing Still? The Army in Peacetime; 9. Weaving the Future: What Needs to Be Done and How to Get Involved; Appendixes. - 1. U.S. Groups Providing Resources on Guatemala and Support for the Peace Process2. Chronology of Guatemalan History; 3. Chronology of the Guatemalan Peace Process; Acronyms; Notes; Bibliography; Index. - On February 13, 1982, the Guatemalan army stormed into the remote northern Guatemalan village of Santa Maria Tzeja. The villagers had already fled in terror, but over the next six days seventeen of them, mostly women and children, were caught and massacred, animals were slaughtered, and the entire village was burned to the ground. Twelve years later, utilizing terms of refugee agreements reached in 1982, villagers from Santa Maria who had fled to Mexico returned to their homes and lands to re-create their community with those who had stayed in Guatemala. Return of Guatemala's R
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1566396212. - 1566396220

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