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Title: GUATEMALA: CIVIC GROUPS & FORMER GUERRILLA ORGANIZATION DEMAND COMPLIANCE WITH 1996 PEACE ACCORDS.
Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs (Newsletter)
Date: February 7, 2002
Publisher: Latin American Data Base/Latin American Institute
Page: NADistributed by Thompson Gale
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Guatemalans are debating the government's record on compliance with the 1996 peace accords, which attempted to restructure the social, economic, political, and military shape of society. During observations of the fifth anniversary of the accords, President Alfonso Portillo tried to defend his administration against charges that it had abandoned the accords in favor of pleasing the international financial institutions and right-wing interests. Although former President Alvaro Arzu (1996-2000) took some steps toward compliance, progress slowed after the election of Portillo in 1999. The former guerrilla organization Unidad Revolucionaria Nacional Guatemalteca (URNG) and Portillo agreed on a revised schedule of deadlines after it was clear they could not achieve full compliance by the original deadline of 2000. The new...
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