Grassroots Justice: How Guatemala gets Down
source: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/01/201013193833506654.html
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From the Article:
"Guatemala has one of the highest crime rates in all of Latin America.
Thousands of people are murdered every year. With police seemingly unable to stem the tide of violence, mobs are increasingly taking matters into their own hands."
A culture of violence that has lasted in Guatemla since the 54 year civil war, which came to a close in 1996, has given birth to a prevalent form of mob vigilantism. Guatemala is still coping with the effects of this Cold War-era civil war; where a right-wing insurrection backed by the CIA and United Fruit Company left the nation devestated from decades of ruthless civil war. An uneasy peace and corrupt national government has left the question begging as to who is really in charge of this country of 12.7+ million people.
These components leave us with a form grassroots justice: Guatemalan Style.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/01/201013193833506654.html
"Guatemala has one of the highest crime rates in all of Latin America.
Thousands of people are murdered every year. With police seemingly unable to stem the tide of violence, mobs are increasingly taking matters into their own hands."
A culture of violence that has lasted in Guatemla since the 54 year civil war, which came to a close in 1996, has given birth to a prevalent form of mob vigilantism. Guatemala is still coping with the effects of this Cold War-era civil war; where a right-wing insurrection backed by the CIA and United Fruit Company left the nation devestated from decades of ruthless civil war. An uneasy peace and corrupt national government has left the question begging as to who is really in charge of this country of 12.7+ million people.
These components leave us with a form grassroots justice: Guatemalan Style.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2010/01/201013193833506654.html
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Just as a footnote I am using the 54 year stat. on the civil war referring to the ratifcation of the nations most recent constitution in 1996 as opposed to the officials figure of 36.
As you might tell from the video it makes little difference to the people who live there.
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