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."