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Guatemala’s US-backed dictator Rios Montt convicted of genocide
Jos Efran Rios Montt, the general who ruled Guatemala during the dirty war of 1982 and 1983, was sentenced on May 10 to 80 years in prison--50 for genocide and 30 for crimes against humanity. The court found him guilty in the killing of 1,771 Mayan natives in the Department of Quich--a fraction of all those that died during his term in office. The trial determined that the victims were brutally ...
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Guatemala’s Highest Court Overturns Genocide Conviction of Former Dictator
The decision by Guatemala's Constitutional Court was a dramatic legal victory for General Ros Montt, 86, and a blow to human rights advocates who had called his conviction a sign that Guatemala's courts would no longer allow impunity for the country's ...
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Guatemalas top court overturns ex-dictators genocide conviction orders trial to resume
FILE - In this Friday, May 10, 2013 file photo, Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt wears headphones as he listens to the verdict in his genocide trial in Guatemala City. Guatemala's top court has overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's and ordered his trial to resume. Constitutional Court secretary Martin Guzman says the trial needs ...
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Guatemalan Court Overturns Genocide Conviction of Ex-Dictator
Guatemala 's highest court on Monday threw out the genocide conviction and prison sentence of the former dictator Gen. Efran Ros Montt, ruling to rewind the trial to its final ...
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Guatemalas top court annuls Rios Montt genocide conviction
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is surrounded by the media after he was sentenced for genocide charges in the Supreme Court of Guatemala City May 10, 2013. REUTERS/Jorge ...
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Rios Montt's conviction overturned
Guatemalan former military leader Efrain Rios Montt has his conviction for genocide overturned by the constitutional court.
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Pregnant Salvadoran woman Beatriz seeks life-saving abortion in El Salvador
The pregnant woman has lupus and doctors say her baby has anencephaly, a total or partial absence of the brain and the skull. Source: Quest Newspapers A pregnant, chronically ill Salvadoran woman testified before the Supreme Court to urge the justices to allow her to proceed with an an abortion that could save her life. Abortions are strictly forbidden in El Salvador, where the sentence for ...
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Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction
GUATEMALA CITY -; Guatemala's top court has overturned the genocide conviction of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's and ordered his trial to ...
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Chinese president to visit three Latin American nations meet Obama in US
Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6, and meet with US President Barack Obama in the United States on June 7-8, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced Tuesday.According to Qin, Xi's visits are at the invitation of President of Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona, President of Costa Rica Laura Chinchilla, ...
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Guatemala court annuls Rios Montt genocide conviction
Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt is surrounded by the media after he was sentenced for genocide charges in the Supreme Court of Guatemala City May 10, ...
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Bolivia law backs Morales third term
Bolivia passes a law which could allow President Evo Morales to be elected for a third time, despite claims that it is unconstitutional.
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China’s president to visit Costa Rica
China's President Xi Jinping will visit Costa Rica June 2-4, Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla announced Monday on her Twitter account."I celebrate the confirmation of the visit to Costa Rica" by the Chinese president in his first trip to Latin America, Chinchilla tweeted.Details of the trip are not yet public, but a week ago Costa Rican Foreign Vice Minister Carlos Roverssi ...
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President Xi to visit Latin America meet Obama
/enpproperty--> BEIJING - Chinese President Xi Jinping will pay state visits to Trinidad and Tobago, Costa Rica and Mexico from May 31 to June 6, and meet with US President Barack Obama in the United States on June 7-8, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced here Tuesday. According to Qin, Xi's visits are at the invitation of President of Trinidad and Tobago Anthony Carmona, ...
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Panama’s Martinelli lashes out at journalist following corruption accusations
San Jos Mayor and presidential candidate Johnny Araya, left, poses with Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli during a recent presidential summit in Costa Rica. Martinelli has come under fire again for yet another alleged corruption scandal. Courtesy of Pablo Montiel/La ...
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Costa Rica officials seize nearly half a ton of cocaine at border
Police on Sunday seized 406 kilograms of cocaine hidden in a semi-trailer, and arrested the driver as he attempted to cross into Nicaragua.A 52-year-old Costa Rican man with the last names Velsquez Ramrez was arrested at the Peas Blancas border crossing in northern Costa Rica and charged with international drug trafficking, police said.Costa Rica's new anti-drug commissioner, Celso Gamboa - ...
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Costa Rican Hotels Chamber demands government action on Avianca-Taca flight cancellations
The Costa Rican Chamber of Hotels (CCH) called a decision announced last Friday by Avianca-TACA airline to eliminate five nonstop flights to Costa Rica "despicable."The chamber criticized the airline for announcing the move only 18 hours in advance.In a statement on its website on Monday, the CCH demanded the government "take immediate action," adding that although the chamber ...
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Behind the scenes of Costa Rica’s latest travel promo
A new Costa Rica promotional video will be shown in cinemas across the United States. Costa Rica Travel magazine photographer and Tico Times collaborator Andrs Madrigal helped coordinate the 25-day, 18-hotel trip across Costa ...
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Founding Keyboardist of ‘The Doors’ Ray Manzarek Dies At 74
ROSENHEIM, GERMANY (CBS SF/CBS LA) – Ray Manzarek, the founding keyboardist of The Doors, died Monday morning of bile duct cancer in Germany, according to a post on the group's official Facebook page. Manzarek was ...
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Guatemala Genocide Ruling Could be Overturned
set backs and controversies that delayed the trial time and time again, Rios Montt was convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentenced to a total of 80 years in prison. Guatemala's Constitutional Court is presently reviewing the 718-page ruling for discrepancies that occurred throughout the hearings to see if the verdict was reached while following legal protocol. The ...
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Intelligence agency sub-director arrested for suspected drunk driving following crash
Jorge Torres, assistant director of Costa Rica's Department of Intelligence and Security (DIS), was arrested Sunday night after causing an accident while apparently driving under the influence of alcohol.Torres crashed his car into another vehicle near the catholic church of San Antonio de Escaz, southwest of San Jos.The DIS officer refused a breathalyzer test at the scene of the accident, ...
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