{"id":14013,"date":"2012-02-07T14:36:44","date_gmt":"2012-02-07T22:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=14013"},"modified":"2012-02-07T14:36:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-07T22:36:44","slug":"elliot-abrams-is-a-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/07\/elliot-abrams-is-a-criminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Elliot Abrams is A Criminal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/pulsemedia.org\/2012\/02\/05\/elliott-abrams-dark-history-in-latin-america-and-the-struggle-for-justice\/\">Elliott Abrams\u2019 Dark History in Latin America and the Struggle for Justice<\/a>&#8220;:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In Guatemala, Efra\u00edn R\u00edos Montt is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/01\/27\/world\/americas\/efrain-rios-montt-accused-of-atrocities-in-guatemala.html\">standing trial\u00a0<\/a>for genocide and crimes against humanity. Rios Montt, an evangelical general who ruled Guatemala in 1982-83 after seizing power through a military coup, was a close ally of Washington who<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soaw.org\/about-the-soawhinsec\/soawhinsec-grads\/notorious-grads\/239-notorious-graduates-from-guatemala\">received training<\/a>\u00a0at the infamous \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soaw.org\/index.php\">School of the Americas<\/a>\u201d. He is\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5hFrQ5VrjPSdGXdMVNIbfc3m05mKg?docId=3467771880f4419098cbcb408082123a\">accused<\/a>\u00a0of being responsible for \u201c1,771 deaths, 1,400 human rights violations and the displacement of 29,000 indigenous Guatemalans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reagan, with Abrams\u2019 assistance, not only\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.copi.com\/articles\/guatmala.html\">covered up<\/a>, but\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/upsidedownworld.org\/main\/news-briefs-archives-68\/3427-reagans-hand-in-guatemalas-genocide\">aided and abetted war crimes<\/a>\u00a0and genocide in Guatemala. For example, President Reagan traveled to Guatemala in December 1982 to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.google.com\/newspapers?nid=1301&amp;dat=19821206&amp;id=iZ5WAAAAIBAJ&amp;sjid=O-cDAAAAIBAJ&amp;pg=6950,2121604\">declare<\/a>\u00a0that Rios Montt was getting a \u201cbum rap\u201d, while praising the dictator\u2019s \u201cprogressive efforts\u201d and dedication to democracy and social justice. Just a few days after Reagan\u2019s presidential visit the Guatemalan military\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/globalpost\/2010\/05\/06\/17948\/us_rounds_up_guatemalans_accused_of_war_crimes\">massacred<\/a>\u00a0251 men, women and children in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nisgua.org\/themes_campaigns\/index.asp?cid=1058\">Las Dos Erres<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/pulsemedia.org\/2012\/02\/05\/elliott-abrams-dark-history-in-latin-america-and-the-struggle-for-justice\/\">the whole piece<\/a> by\u00a0Cyril Mychalejko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Elliott Abrams\u2019 Dark History in Latin America and the Struggle for Justice&#8220;: In Guatemala, Efra\u00edn R\u00edos Montt is\u00a0standing trial\u00a0for genocide and crimes against humanity. Rios Montt, an evangelical general who ruled Guatemala in 1982-83 after seizing power through a military coup, was a close ally of Washington whoreceived training\u00a0at the infamous \u201cSchool of the Americas\u201d. 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