Whilst we've been talking about apologists for military violence recently on this blog, the following clip is a timely reminder of what Guatemala has gone through- and the role external government's have played in it. This example is (part of) a documentary on the CIA 's involvement in Guatemala.

It's in Spanish, and it's worth pointing out that the images are pretty explicit. This clip was posted in You Tube by Joaquinsan.

Phillip Agee, a former CIA operative who left the agency in 1967 after becoming disillusioned by the CIA’s support for the status quo in the region is actually featured in this clip. He has just done an interview with Red Pepper about CIA intervention in Latin America at the moment, in particular Venezuela.