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Return of Guatemala's Refugees
Clark Taylor
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Description for Return of Guatemala's Refugees
Paperback. On February 13, 1982, the Guatemalan army stormed into the remote northern Guatemala village of Santa Maria Tzeja. This book describes the experiences of the survivors - both those who stayed behind in conditions of savage repression and those who fled to Mexico where they learned to organize and defend their rights. Num Pages: 228 pages, 1 figure, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; HBTB; JFFD; JFSF; JFSL; JPVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
On February 13, 1982, the Guatemalan army stormed into the remote northern Guatemalan village of Santa Maria Tzeja. The villagers had already fled in terror, but over the next six days seventeen of them, mostly women and children, were caught and massacred, animals were slaughtered, and the entire village was burned to the ground. Twelve years later, utilizing terms of refugee agreements reached in 1982, villagers from Santa Maria who had fled to Mexico returned to their homes and lands to re-create their community with those who had stayed in Guatemala. Return of Guatemala's Refugees tells the story of that ... Read more
On February 13, 1982, the Guatemalan army stormed into the remote northern Guatemalan village of Santa Maria Tzeja. The villagers had already fled in terror, but over the next six days seventeen of them, mostly women and children, were caught and massacred, animals were slaughtered, and the entire village was burned to the ground. Twelve years later, utilizing terms of refugee agreements reached in 1982, villagers from Santa Maria who had fled to Mexico returned to their homes and lands to re-create their community with those who had stayed in Guatemala. Return of Guatemala's Refugees tells the story of that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
Number of Pages
228
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781566396226
SKU
V9781566396226
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Ref
99-15
About Clark Taylor
Clark Taylor is Associate Professor of Latin American Studies in the College of Public and Community Service, University of Massachusetts at Boston. He is also chair of the board of the National Coordinating Office on Refugees, Returnees and Displaced of Guatemala (NCOORD), and was a founding member of Witness for Peace's Guatemala Committee. With his wife, he has been co-leader ... Read more
Reviews for Return of Guatemala's Refugees
"A very readable account of a hopeful development in a land where the main story seemed to be the slaughter of innocent civilians. Taylor's work advances what we know and is relevant not only to Guatemala but to the struggle for peace, democracy, human rights, development, and basic decency." -Phillip Berryman, author of Stubborn Hope "Using the Ixcan village of ... Read more