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Author Afflitto, Frank M., 1960-

Title The quiet revolutionaries : seeking justice in Guatemala / Frank M. Afflitto and Paul Jesilow
Edition 1st ed
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2007

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Description 1 online resource (x, 206 pages)
Contents Some background -- Access was not easy -- Chronic ambiguity -- Seeking justice -- The social movement to end impunity -- The movement is fragmented by the peace accords -- Identity, rule of law, and democracy
Summary "The last three decades of the twentieth century brought relentless waves of death squads, political kidnappings, and other traumas to the people of Guatemala. Many people fled the country to escape the violence. Yet, at the same moment, a popular movement for justice brought together unlikely bands of behind-the-scenes heroes, blurring ethnic, geographic, and even class lines. The Quiet Revolutionaries is drawn from interviews conducted by Frank Afflitto in the early 1990s with more than eighty survivors of the state-sanctioned violence. Gathered under frequently life-threatening circumstances, the observations and recollections of these inspiring men and women form a unique perspective on collective efforts to produce change in politics, law, and public consciousness."--Back cover
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-202) and index
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Subject Disappeared persons -- Guatemala
State-sponsored terrorism -- Guatemala
Disappeared persons' families -- Guatemala
Disappeared persons' families -- Political activity -- Guatemala
Human rights movements -- Guatemala
HISTORY.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Central America.
Disappeared persons
Disappeared persons' families
Human rights movements
State-sponsored terrorism
Bürgerrechtsbewegung
Guatemala -- History -- Civil War, 1960-1996.
Guatemala
Guatemala
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Jesilow, Paul, 1950-
ISBN 9780292794733
0292794738