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- From WORLD PERSPECTIVES. Box 3074, Madison, WI 53704
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- GUATEMALA
- Guatemala's Minister of the Interior, Hurtado, resigned July 23.
- He was reacting to harsh criticism for his handling of a two-day
- peaceful demonstration by some 500 peasants outside the
- Presidential Palace. At least 25 protesters were injured by anti-
- riot police.
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- The demonstrators charged that several children accompanying them
- have disappeared during the police attack.
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- The peasants had gathered outside the government building July 21,
- demanding their land back.
-
- Hurtado's resignation was immediately accepted. (R. Havana 7/23)
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- Guatemalan government and rebel leaders will resume their peace
- talks next Aug 3 in Mexico City. The agenda will include three
- issues of paramount importance to end the country's armed conflict:
- Human rights, the participation of other sectors in the dialog, and
- mechanisms to speed up the peace process.
-
- The previous round of peace talks was suspended last April. (R.
- Havana 7/23)
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- MEXICO
- Eleven brainless children have been born in the last two years in
- the Mexican municipality of Acuna, on the Mexican-US border. The
- Mexican Social Insurance Institute, INSS, has also revealed that
- five babies without brains have been born so far this year in the
- same area.
-
- The Mexican institute says that one of 182 children is born
- brainless in Acuna. Experts point out that is an alarming figure,
- since the standard figure is one of 6,000. They put the blame on
- the high level of pollution caused by area industry. (R. Havana
- 7/23)
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