I don't think the US mainstream media has been giving it much
attention but there are tremendous events afoot in Guatemala, events directly
related to the CIA sponsored overthrow of Arbenz in 1954. The US allied
oligarchy which has ruled since that time is beginning to crack. Indeed the
president who just resigned headed a US-backed and CIA trained death squad in
the 1980's.
He has been arrested for corruption but there's a real
possibility other charges are pending. It's a stunning reversal and a populist
repudiation of over six decades of US policy in their country, a policy that
has led to the death of over a hundred thousand people.
Allan Nairn usually known for his reporting on Indonesia and
East Timor has also reported on Guatemala for many years and his dispatches
have been helpful in deciphering and contextualizing the events.
