US military aid Archives

2015 US Appropriations Act maintains restrictions on US military aid to Guatemala

When President Otto Peréz Molina was elected in 2012, he came with an agenda to fully re-instate US military aid and end the restrictions on funding to Guatemala in place to varying degrees since the Carter administration implemented a direct security aid ban in 1977. Even before the Peace [...]

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T01:13:43+00:00January 15th, 2015|Genocide Trial, Justice and accountability|

Say No to State Department funds for Guatemalan Army

Join NISGUA and GHRC in calling on Secretary of State John Kerry to deny certification of DOS funds to Guatemala "We need more teachers and not military brigades." Photo: PrensaComunitaria Guatemala’s UN Truth Commission report not only attributes 93% of all human rights violations and acts of violence to [...]

nisgua_admin2019-12-25T01:14:21+00:00April 10th, 2014|Defense of life and territory, Justice and accountability|