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    The document summarizes the Guatemalan genocide that occurred from 1960 to 1996 during a civil war, with a focus on the military dictatorship of Efrain Rios Montt from 1982 to 1983. Rios Montt claimed indigenous Mayan communities supported guerilla groups and imposed an "anti-communist" doctrine targeting the Mayan community. This led to widespread violence by both military and civilian forces against the Mayan community, including the systematic extermination operation "scorched earth" that resulted in over 200,000 deaths, 50,000 missing persons, 1 million displaced individuals, and 150,000 refugees in Mexico, especially impacting the Mayan community in the Quiché region.

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    The document summarizes the Guatemalan genocide that occurred from 1960 to 1996 during a civil war, with a focus on the military dictatorship of Efrain Rios Montt from 1982 to 1983. Rios Montt claimed indigenous Mayan communities supported guerilla groups and imposed an "anti-communist" doctrine targeting the Mayan community. This led to widespread violence by both military and civilian forces against the Mayan community, including the systematic extermination operation "scorched earth" that resulted in over 200,000 deaths, 50,000 missing persons, 1 million displaced individuals, and 150,000 refugees in Mexico, especially impacting the Mayan community in the Quiché region.

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    The document summarizes the Guatemalan genocide that occurred from 1960 to 1996 during a civil war, with a focus on the military dictatorship of Efrain Rios Montt from 1982 to 1983. Rios Montt claimed indigenous Mayan communities supported guerilla groups and imposed an "anti-communist" doctrine targeting the Mayan community. This led to widespread violence by both military and civilian forces against the Mayan community, including the systematic extermination operation "scorched earth" that resulted in over 200,000 deaths, 50,000 missing persons, 1 million displaced individuals, and 150,000 refugees in Mexico, especially impacting the Mayan community in the Quiché region.

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    Guatemalan

    Genocide
    General Context

    Independence in 1821

    1954, a military coup

    From 1960 to 1996, a civil


    war raged

    1982 Military dictatorship by


    Efrain Rios Montt
    The dictatorship

    •After 20 years of civil war

    •Claimed indigenous communities


    supported guerillas

    •Imposition of “anti communist”


    doctrine targeted towards the Mayan
    community
    The cold war…
    •Infl uent in generalized
    violence towards
    communism

    •Signifi cative in Rios’s


    governmental doctrine
    But we would
    appreciate some
    social justice

    Social Justice = Communism = BAD!

    All Mayans
    Kill The are
    communists !
    communists!
    The violence

    •Military and civilian

    •Targeted towards the Mayan


    community

    Led to the extermination of the Mayan community


    operation
    “scorched earth”
    Until 1978 – 1983

    Over 200.000 deaths

    50,000 missing

    1M displaced

    150,000 refugees in mexico

    Entire Mayan community systematically


    exterminated

    90% of massacres happened in Quiché

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