BE Ch 15 summary

[Joseph Tracy]

Oops, pushed wrong key. I meant to include this information from Democracy Now related to Maxines Conversation(mentioned below) with March in  BE CH 15
In Guatemala, five former paramilitary soldiers have been convicted of crimes against humanity and sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting dozens of Indigenous Achí women in the 1980s. The historic ruling comes after years of advocacy by survivors and supporters. The women weren’t able to file criminal complaints of the atrocities until 2011. It then took over a decade for the former members of the so-called Civil Self-Defense Patrol to stand trial earlier this month. The patrol was made up of several armed groups, recruited by Guatemala’s U.S.-backed army. Survivors said the soldiers rounded up all the men in their village and disappeared them before raping and assaulting the women. One of the survivors who testified at the trial was only 12 years old when she was raped. 

> On Jan 25, 2022, at 11:30 AM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
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>> On Jan 20, 2022, at 12:32 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:
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>> Dropped at Nutley they take a bus and Maxine dozes dreaming of a desperate bus drive with Windust driving a bus full of Latinos away from an ominous volcano. Later,  at a latino breakfast place Maxine asks March about Guatemala in 82. March describes Rios Mont’s death squads, one death camp on Pacific, details that cause Maxine to lose her appetite.
>> “Why do you ask?” 
>> “Just wondering.” 
>> “Yeah. When you’re ready, tell me. I’m really Dr. Ruth Westheimer, nothing shocks me.”
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