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In a report released this month, the UN Mission to Guatemala (MINUGUA) criticized the administration of Guatamalan President Alfonso Portillo, of the conservative Frente Republicano Guatemalteco (FRG), for failing to investigate and punish the perpetrators of human rights violations. MINUGUA has also criticized the Guatemalan legislature for increasing military spending, in violation of the 1996 Peace Accords.
MINUGUA's report features only the latest in a series of criticisms that UN representatives have directed at the Portillo government. In May, a UN special human rights rapporteur who carried out a five-day investigation in Guatemala concluded that clandestine armed groups were making threats and committing abuses against human rights defenders and other social activists (see NotiCen, 2002-06-27). The UN representative, Hina Jilani of Pakistan, said credible evidence linked clandestine groups to the army and national...
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