"Day two of the Guatemalan genocide hearing before Judge Santiago Pedraz in Spain’s Audiencia Nacional (Spanish federal court) continued on Tuesday, February 5, with testimony from three more survivors of the Quiché massacres, as well as testimony from expert witness Allan Nairn, an independent U.S. journalist who wrote extensively about the Guatemalan Army’s scorched earth policies in the 1980s."   more »

Álvaro Colom has announced that he will open to the public the military archives pertaining to the civil war. Otto Pérez Molina has described this move as a gimmick and that nothing will be found. It looks like an interesting flexing of muscles, nonetheless.

The story appeared in BBC Mundo, in Spanish. The English language version is here.

"Military archives spanning nearly four decades of civil war in Guatemala will be opened to the public, the country's President Alvaro Colom has announced."

Former police chief and retired General German Chupina Barahona, defendant in the genocide cases being brought in Guatemala and Spain, has died without facing his day in court.   more »