Weekly Report - 11 April 2006

GUATEMALA: Indigenous peasants announce uprising

Central America and Caribbean 11 April 2006 Modified: 11 April 2006 347 views

Just as President Oscar Berger was commissioning the new auxiliary police unit drawn from among former members of the military to combat crime, peasant organisations served notice that they will be launching a national uprising to demand concrete responses to a lengthy petition submitted to the government at the end of March.

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