[Imc-newsroom] UIUC Amnesty International presents: Is the CIA to blame for genocide in Guatemala?

[Danielle Schumacher]

Is the CIA to Blame for Genocide in  Guatemala?
Presented by UIUC Amnesty International

April 7, 2005

Contact: Lauren Ziegler at 708.692.7384 or lrziegle at uiuc.edu.

Who:  the UIUC chapter of Amnesty International, Neils Jacobsen (head 
of Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UIUC), and Dr. 
Arends-Kuenning (UIUC Economics).

What:  speakers and a film will examine genocide in Guatemala, mass 
killings in El Salvador, Central American cooperatives, the pros and 
cons of CAFTA (the Central American Free Trade Agreement), and the 1990 
elections in Nicaragua.

When:  this Sunday, April 10 of 2005 from 1 to 3:30pm.

Where:  the University YMCA at 1001 S. Wright St. in Champaign.

Why:  the CIA-backed coup in Guatemala in 1954 has cost countless lives 
in Central America.  This event serves as background for a symposium 
scheduled for Monday, April 11 of 2005 from 9:30am to 6:30pm in the 
Illini Union called “From a Springtime of Democracy to a Winter of Cold 
War: The 1954 Guatemala Coup and its Lasting Impact on U.S./Latin 
American Relations.”
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