Guatemala
nation state
| Guatemala link Sourcewatch | |
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| Location | Central America |
| Leader | President of Guatemala |
| Type | nation state |
| Country in Central America. High rates of poverty, crime, drug cartels, and instability. | |
Guatemala is a nation state in Central America.
History
From 1946-1953 the U.S. Public Health Service and the U.S. National Institutes of Health organised the Guatemala syphilis experiment, which exposed around 1,500 Guatemalans to syphilis and other STDs without consent. Less than half were ever given any form of treatment.[1]
1954 Coup d'etat
- Full article: 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
- Full article: 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état
United Fruit organised a coup in 1954, carried out by the CIA, which deposed Jacobo Arbenz in order to protect its profits and prevent land redistribution.
Deep state
In 2018, The Intercept published How an Army of Trolls Protects Guatemala’s Corrupt Elite.[2]
Rios Montt
On 10 May 2013, Guatemalan General Rios Montt (a friend of Ronald Reagan) became the only former head of state ever to have been convicted in his own country for genocide. On 8 July 2015 a Guatemalan court stated that the trial must be abandoned, as Montt was "mentally incompetent to stand trial". A retrial of his case had been promised, but Eric Zuesse opined in 2015 that this "seems unlikely".[3]
Drug Trade
Live Leak reports on an abandoned plane that was found in Guatemala with 728 kilos of cocaine.[4]
2020
In November 2020 "Anti-government protesters stormed Guatemala's congressional building on Saturday afternoon and set fire to it amid increasing frustrations with the government over a new budget that would slash educational and health spending, reported AP News."[5]
References
- ↑ https://therooster.com/blog/that-time-the-us-public-health-service-gave-syphilis-to-over-1000-guatemalans-and-told-them-all-to-have-sex-%E2%80%9Cfor-science%E2%80%9D
- ↑ https://theintercept.com/2018/04/07/guatemala-anti-corruption-trolls-smear-campaign/
- ↑ http://www.strategic-culture.su/news/2015/07/28/how-aristocrats-have-gotten-away-with-even-mass-murder.html
- ↑ https://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ea7_1250103221
- ↑ https://www.zerohedge.com/political/watch-protesters-set-fire-guatemalas-congress-building