Topic: Efrain Rios Montt
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Latin America Monitor Guatemalan court hits rewind button on Rios Montt's genocide conviction
Guatemala's Constitutional Court overturned former dictator Gen. Efrain Rios Montt's genocide conviction – seen as a landmark human rights ruling – and called for a re-do of closing arguments.
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Latin America Monitor What does genocide conviction of Ríos Montt mean to Guatemalans abroad?
Many in the Guatemalan diaspora celebrated the historic conviction of ex-dictator Ríos Montt. But some say one conviction alone can't resolve the aftermath of the 36-year-long bloody conflict.
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Latin America Monitor What will the Rios Montt genocide conviction do for Guatemala?
Rios Montt was one of the world's first former presidents tried for genocide in a national court. Many hope his conviction means positive steps for the justice system and healing wounds of war.
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Guatemalan who helped build genocide case against ex-dictator was survivor, too
Legal advisor Edwin Canil helped find witnesses to testify in the landmark case against former dictator Ríos Montt. Canil escaped a massacre during Ríos Montt's reign.
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Uncertainty looms as judge suspends genocide trial of former Guatemala dictator
Judge Carol Patricia Flores ruled the legal process in the contentious trial of former Gen. Rios Montt be set back to November 2011, essentially nullifying all actions taken in the case since that date.
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Guatemalan court faces calls to halt former dictator's genocide trial
As a verdict in Ríos Montt's trial nears, some – including the president – deny the alleged 1980s genocide took place and warn that a guilty verdict could throw Guatemala into chaos.
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Latin America Monitor Checking in on Guatemala's Rios Montt trial
If former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is acquitted of war crimes and genocide charges that doesn't necessarily mean the Guatemalan legal system is failing, writes a guest blogger.
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Latin America Monitor Guatemala's Rios Montt to stand trial for genocide and crimes against humanity
A judge in Guatemala ordered former military leader Efrain Rios Montt to stand trial. He is the first ex-president charged with genocide by a Latin American court.
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Latin America Monitor Judge steps down in Guatemala genocide trial
The judge overseeing the Efrain Rios Montt genocide case stepped down this week after the defense lawyer lodged a complaint of judicial bias, writes guest blogger Mike Allison.
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Latin America Monitor Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt faces trial for genocide
Efrain Rios Montt came to power in a coup and oversaw some of Guatemala's most atrocious civil war crimes.
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