Ríos Montt earns his place in the history books : debates about la violencia -- Guatemala's descent into an ideology of violence -- Ríos Montt and the new Guatemala -- Terror -- "Los que matan en el nombre de Dios" : Ríos Montt and the religious question -- Blind eyes and willful ignorance : U.S. foreign policy, media, and foreign evangelicals
Summary
Under the leadership of General Efrain Rios Montt, tens of thousands of people perished in what is now known as la violencia, or 'the Mayan holocaust'. This book views the Rios Montt era through the lens of history