El congresista y la hija del dictador
Jerry Weller buscaba reelección en el congreso, cuando anunció que estaba comprometido con Zury Ríos Sosa, una diputada del congreso guatemalteco e hija del conocido dictador, (general) Efraín Ríos Montt.
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The Congressman and the Dictator’s Daughter
/in Chicago Reader/by Frank SmythREP. JERRY WELLER WAS running for reelection when he announced that he was engaged to Zury Rios Sosa, an outspoken Guatemalan legislator and daughter of former dictator General Efrain Rios Montt.
Time for Hard Choices on Leaving Iraq
/in Newsday/by Frank SmythWhile the unexpected crisis involving Israel and Lebanon rages on with no end in sight, the United States needs to stay focused on the Iraqi crisis of its own making, as it becomes clear that U.S. efforts are not going well.
A war ‘shock and awe’ didn’t win
/in Newsday/by Frank SmythPresident George W. Bush’s strategy of launching a “shock and awe” campaign was designed to send the message that resistance to superior U.S. firepower is futile, but it’s not turning out as planned.
The Untouchable Narco-State: Guatemala’s Army defies DEA
/in The Texas Observer/by Frank SmythThe same Guatemalan military intelligence chiefs who were responsible for “engineering” what a U.N. Truth Commission later concluded were “acts of genocide,” were later accused by U.S. officials of trafficking cocaine.
El narco-Estado intocable: Militares guatemaltecos desafían a la DEA
/in The Texas Observer/by Frank SmythAltos jefes de inteligencia están entre los fundadores de un club oscuro que se autonombra “la cofradía,” y que fue la “ingeniería” de tácticos que incluyeron “actos de genocidio” de comunidades mayas.
Iraq: No Consensus, No Constitution
/in Newsday/by Frank SmythAny notion of pluralism, let alone democracy, is not only new to Iraq; it threatens to upset a regional balance of power, made worse by confusion among U.S. experts over which group comprises the majority in Iraq.