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Keep ban on aid to Guatemalan military, says church official.

Publication: National Catholic Reporter
Publication Date: 13-MAY-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Keep ban on aid to Guatemalan military, says church official.(WORLD)

Article Excerpt
The United States should not restore military aid to Guatemala, says a Catholic human rights official from the Central American country.

The army is still tied to corruption, its members are involved in summary executions and it is being used by the government to harass and repress antigovernment demonstrators, said Nery Rodenas, executive director of the Human Rights Office of the Guatemala City archdiocese.

"There is a climate of terror against Guatemalans. Violence is used to prevent freedom of expression," he said April 28 while in Washington to brief...

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