Saturday, September 16, 2006

French periodical: Guatemala’s violent past should disqualify its U.N. seat bid

French magazine Le Monde Diplomatique examined Guatemala’s violent past from the “scorched Communists policy” of Efrain Rios Montt to the current state of gang warfare and high numbers of women killed. The article written by Paola Ramírez Orozco-Souel concludes that these factors should exclude Guatemala from its bid for a temporary seat on the U.N. Security Council in spite of its support by the U.S. and “discreet approval” from the European Union. (Image via this site).

Update (21 September): Thanks to a commenter who said that the original article is now subscription-only. The best I could find was this Canadian article with some quotes from Orozco-Souel's article.

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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous2:05 AM

    I love reading your blog. But this time I have to correct you. Your not quoting de daily newspaper Le Monde, but the magazine Le Monde Diplomatique, which is famous for it's leftish opinions. For example it's editor in chief, Ignacio Ramonet, published a book on Fidel Castro based on several interviews with the Cuban leaders.

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  2. Erwin C.7:07 AM

    Duly noted. Thank you!

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  3. Anonymous7:00 PM

    It would be great if you could post the article you're referring to here. Le Monde Diplomatique is one of those backward news sites that keeps all its news behind a subscription wall...

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