Comments on: Guatemala: at long last, ex-dictator Rios Montt in court over possible genocide charges

By: manut

manut — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:59:00 +0000

It’s a great step in the quest for Justice in my country, Guatemala. To see a man that had all the power and manipulated the strings for so many years face a trial is a milestone. But lets hope that the guerrilla leaders are also prosecuted in the same manner for their crimes. There was more than one party involved in the war.

By: Xeni Jardin

Xeni Jardin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:40:00 +0000

James is wonderful; we’ve met, and I’ve featured his work on Boing Boing many times.

By: bjacques

bjacques — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:31:00 +0000

I remember him from the Friendly Dictators Trading Cards from the 1980s!

By: earthychicano

earthychicano — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:50:00 +0000

Wow. Add this to the list of things I thought I’d never see in my lifetime. Pinochet arrested, check. A U.S. president publicly apologize for our involvement in Guatemala, check. President Lula, check. Mubarak overthrown,check. Black U.S. president, check. And now Argentina and Brazil are going after their war criminals. Now all I need is Justice to come knocking’ on Dick Cheney’s door.

By: Charlie McHenry

Charlie McHenry — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 02:14:00 +0000

Thanks for this welcome news. Rios Montt was himself a fundamentalist Christian. This is what mad fundamentalists do when in power, kill hundreds of thousands. Whether Christian, Jewish or Muslim; fundamentalists are bloody killers, as history has repeatedly demonstrated. So here’s a question: Why on earth are they tolerated?

By: Nat Kramer

Nat Kramer — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:15:00 +0000

I wanted to give a shout to independent photojournalist James Rodriguez at http://www.mimundo.org/ - who has been delivering amazing on-the-ground photo essays for years and years out of many countries, but particularly Guatemala. Fantastic stuff worthy of being passed around.

By: Thingumbob

Thingumbob — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:41:00 +0000

Sorry, Rev Moon and North, you did mention the others

By: Thingumbob

Thingumbob — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:23:00 +0000

Why no mention about Rios Montt’s buddies? Oliver North, Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell and Rev. Moon?

By: Navin_Johnson

Navin_Johnson — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:40:00 +0000

Too bad Reagan can’t be dug up to join him.

By: phisrow

phisrow — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:22:00 +0000

I’m guessing that the US head of state won’t be urging everyone to just “look forward, not backward” in this particular case?