Otto Perez Molina

Otto Perez Molina

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  Guatemala top court overturns genocide conviction

  Guatemala's top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering ... 

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  OAS drug study eyes marijuana legalization

  An Organization of American States study released Friday is calling for a serious discussion on legalizing marijuana. Drug policy reform advocates ... 

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  Prison for ex-dictator soothes Guatemala

  Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt spent his first full day as a convict Saturday in a 16-by-13 foot cell with a small bed, bathroom and ... 

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  Guatemala cracks down on anti-mine protests

  Guatemala's government declared a state of emergency and banned public gatherings in four townships east of the capital Thursday following several ... 

• Top court sends Rios Montt trial to new judge

  Guatemala's highest court on Tuesday ordered that the genocide trial against one of the Central American country's former dictators be taken over by ... 

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  Guatemala war trial puts past closer to president

  Guatemala's struggle to deal with the war crimes of the past, including bringing an aging former dictator and his officers to justice, is hitting the ... 

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  Vatican raises possibility of early March conclave

  The Vatican raised the possibility Saturday that the conclave to elect the next pope might start sooner than March 15, the earliest date possible ... 

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  Guatemala ex-dictator to stand trial on genocide

  A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war will stand trial on charges he ordered the ... 

• Prosecutor killed in Guatemala along with 6 others

  Guatemala's attorney general dispatched a special team Monday to investigate the slaying of a federal prosecutor and six other people in an attack ... 

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  Mexico's Maya heartland greets dawn of new era

  Dec. 21 started out as the prophetic day some had believed would usher in the fiery end of the world. By Friday afternoon, it had become more comic ... 

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  McAfee hospitalized after being denied asylum

  Software company founder John McAfee was hospitalized briefly Thursday after being denied political asylum in Guatemala, and his lawyers said they ... 

• Dignitaries attending Mexico inauguration

  Some of the foreign dignitaries attending the inauguration of Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto: -Crown Prince Felipe of Spain. -US Vice President ...