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In reply to the discussion: Guate: Rios Montt genocide trial / 2nd day of conclusions, Prosecution wraps up [View all]Catherina
(35,568 posts)43. Defense: If the guerillas had won, we'd be like Venezuela, like Chavez. Hippies, little chinaman
PlazaPública en Vivo @PzPenVivo 15m
"Gracias a Dios no llegó la guerrilla al palacio. Cómo estaríamos ahora? Como Chávez", Garcìa Gudiel
"Thank God the guerrillas didn't get into the palace. How would we be now? Like Chávez," Garcìa Gudiel
"Gracias a Dios no llegó la guerrilla al palacio. Cómo estaríamos ahora? Como Chávez", Garcìa Gudiel
"Thank God the guerrillas didn't get into the palace. How would we be now? Like Chávez," Garcìa Gudiel
NISGUA @NISGUA_Guate 14m
#García: Today we see many from the UN. To be honest, I don't know what they're doing here. They should be somewhere else, not in GUA
#García: Today we see many from the UN. To be honest, I don't know what they're doing here. They should be somewhere else, not in GUA
PlazaPública en Vivo @PzPenVivo 14m
"Qué hace ONU aquí. Qué hacen los extranjeros aquí. Los problemas de Gt los arreglamos los guatemaltecos, no ningún hippie", #GarcíaGudiel
"What is the UN doing here? What are the foreigners doing here? Guatemala problems need Guatemalans to fix them, not some hippies"
PlazaPública en Vivo @PzPenVivo 15m
Jueza pide que se reconduzca su conclusión. GG"Ese chinito que no conoce dónde está Guatemala", en relación a Ban Ki Moon
Judge calls on defense to wrap it up. Defense continues "That little Chinaman who doesn't even know where Guatemala is", referring to Ban Ki Moon"
Jueza pide que se reconduzca su conclusión. GG"Ese chinito que no conoce dónde está Guatemala", en relación a Ban Ki Moon
Judge calls on defense to wrap it up. Defense continues "That little Chinaman who doesn't even know where Guatemala is", referring to Ban Ki Moon"
Renata Avila @avilarenata 15m
OMG Rios Montt Defense is 100% full of prejudice. Called @UN SG ¨chinito¨, @UN workers ¨slacks¨ and those attending @RiosMonttTrial hippiesRenata Avila @avilarenata 15m
Abogado defensor de Ríos Montt ¨Ese ¨chinito¨ que dirige Naciones Unidas no sabe ni dónde queda Guatemala¨
That little Chinaman in charge of the UN doesn't even know where Guatemala is.
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Guate: Rios Montt genocide trial / 2nd day of conclusions, Prosecution wraps up [View all]
Catherina
May 2013
OP
"Ixil group…resisted the imposition of colonization" They hung me, they hung me from a stick"
Catherina
May 2013
#1
"Prosecutors Seek 75-Year Sentence for U.S.-Backed Guatemalan Dictator Ríos Montt in Genocide Trial"
Catherina
May 2013
#65
powerful & terrible moments in survivor testimony; rapes of women, assasination of children, torture
Catherina
May 2013
#4
CALDH lawyer Vivar closing... sexual violence was state policy. Killing "chocolates"
Catherina
May 2013
#6
... US influence on Natl Devt Plan, CIA warning military strategy = treating civil population
Catherina
May 2013
#9
Rios Montt about to give his declaration / Survivors: 'we knew this day would come'
Catherina
May 2013
#10
Prosecution tells Montt conclusions isn't appropriate time for him to speak. Yelling
Catherina
May 2013
#14
Montt speaks: Rejects the findings of Amnesty International report during his administration
Catherina
May 2013
#22
OMG. Montt: "The point was 4 these Kakchiqueles, Ixiles, Quiches, Mames, to create a state TOGETHER"
Catherina
May 2013
#23
Interesting factoid. Montt's brother, Bishop Mario Rios Mont, investigated the deaths
Catherina
May 2013
#54
Montt: it's the fault of the army and its sergeants (OMG, the lies, the lies here)
Catherina
May 2013
#25
Montt: "I met with Reagan in SanPedroSula and we didn't ask for weapons, we couldn't even get loans"
Catherina
May 2013
#26
Montt: "I never ordered acts against an ethnicity or religion. Never!.. I was not a zone commander!"
Catherina
May 2013
#27
Montt: I looked at Plan Victoria 82, there's nothing written abt objective to destroy a people
Catherina
May 2013
#28
Montt: Current Minister of Interior killed, kidnapped, won't be prosecuted & I am responsible?
Catherina
May 2013
#29
Montt: The Workers Party went to kill & spill blood. Now I'm the one with the charges?
Catherina
May 2013
#30
Defense is called to give closing arguments. Requests lunch break instead. Food is a human right now
Catherina
May 2013
#31
Montt lawyer: Against my will, I will give my statements in a state of hunger.
Catherina
May 2013
#32
BREAKING NEWS: President Perez Molina announces he will withdraw the declared state of siege....
Catherina
May 2013
#33
Rios Montt never planned, never organized, never executed, and never supervised any act ...
Catherina
May 2013
#35
Defense claims too much hearsay and science not reliable. Expert degrees not valid in Guate
Catherina
May 2013
#36
Video of Rioss Montt protesting his innocence "I'm going to tell you a story"
Catherina
May 2013
#39
A large group of survivors from Ixil & other regions leaves, another group takes their place
Catherina
May 2013
#41
Defense says Plan Sofia/Victoria evidence was instead plan for natl devt and well-being.
Catherina
May 2013
#42
Defense: If the guerillas had won, we'd be like Venezuela, like Chavez. Hippies, little chinaman
Catherina
May 2013
#43
"Harris Whitbeck showed how the state protected the population in refugee camps."
Catherina
May 2013
#45
Unbelievable events. How can Rios-Montt sit there without being hit by lightning?
Judi Lynn
May 2013
#49
Court reconvenes. Defense closing arguments to continue. PowerPoints of Impunity
Catherina
May 2013
#56
Defense: "The chain of command does not include the chief of military intelligence."
Catherina
May 2013
#58