The Guatemala Case Statement
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The Guatemala Case Statement is a set of documents and visual aids related to the interpretation and evaluation of the reading for Unit 1 and the evaluation of argumentation in Unit 3. These supplementary materials are cued in the contents at appropriate points in both Units 1 and 3.

Table of Contents

Supplementary Materials for Unit 1
from People of God

Penny Lernoux's historical account of the assassinations in Santa Cruz del Quiché (San Martín Comitán in the novel)

Requiem Guatemala
Marshall Bennett Connelly's epic saga of the Guatemalan civil war, 1954 - 1996 

Guatemala Truth
A website dedicated to those who died during the Guatemalan Civil War

Guatemala Human Rights Commission USA
A non-profit organization dedicated to monitoring human rights conditions in Guatemala

The Shepherd Cannot Run at the First Sign of Danger
Religious Task Force on Central America and Mexico: A tribute to Oklahoma priest Father Stanley Rother, Martyr

Massacre at Puente Alto http://gsn.civiblog.org/blog/_archives/2006/1

Massacre at Puente Alto/Guatemala Solidarity Project
A report on the burial of skeletal remains from the July 7, 1982, massacre at Puente Alto by the Guatemalan army

The Dark Night of Resistance: Pastoral Work in the Ixcán - Ricardo Falla
Author of "Massacres in the Jungle" describes his pastoral work in a war-torn highland region of Guatemala during the civil war

Massacre at Cuarto Pueblo, Quiche, Ixcan, Guatemala
A report, by a survivor, of the massacre of the people of Cuarto Pueblo, on March 13, 1982, by the Guatemalan Army

Supplementary Materials for Unit 3
from I, Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta Menchú Túm: A Profile


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