The story of Guatemala’s armed conflict

The armed confrontation in Guatemala from the 1960s to 1996, which the Commission for Historical Clarification said killed or disappeared over 200,000 people.

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1962–1996

Guatemala’s armed conflict. The armed confrontation in Guatemala from the 1960s to 1996, which the Commission for Historical Clarification said killed or disappeared over 200,000 people.

Guatemala’s armed conflict involved the United States government, the Commission for Historical Clarification and the government of Guatemala.

Guatemala’s armed conflict appears in Guatemala: Memory of Silence.

Guatemala’s armed conflict followed from the 1954 coup in Guatemala.

According to the Commission for Historical Clarification.

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