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Announcement :: Civil & Human Rights : Globalization : International Relations : Latin America : Peace : Political-Economy |
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Major Symposium on 1954 CIA-Backed Coup in Guatemala |
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by Dr. Timothy J. Smith
Email: smithtim (nospam) uiuc.edu (verified)
Phone: 217-333-8419 |
06 Apr 2005
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From a Springtime of Democracy to a Winter of Cold War: The 1954 Guatemalan Coup and its Lasting Impact on U.S./Latin American Relations. |
Monday, April 11, 2005
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illini Union, Room 210 and Pine Lounge 9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Victor Montejo
(Guatemalan Secretary of Peace; University of California at Davis) Keynote Address Illini Union, Pine Lounge 4:30 p.m.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
In 1954, a CIA-sponsored coup ended Guatemala's "Ten Years of Spring," the 1944-1954 decade of democracy and progressive legislation inspired in part by Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. This was the CIA's first covert action in Latin America, and its second overthrow of another government, after the August 1953 overthrow of Iran's Prime Minister, Dr. Mohammad Mossadegh. Recent research and the U.S. Government's release of de-classified documents in 1997 and 2003 have underscored that Guatemala's society and current history must be read through the lens of 1954-1955, as must the relationships between U.S. and Guatemalan social science. In this symposium, nine anthropologists, one historian, and one political scientist untangle the ongoing consequences of 1954 and the lessons learned, particularly for today's era of foreign policy based on renewed pre-emptive strikes. This symposium is held in conjunction with the visit of Distinguished Professor Emerita of Anthropology, June Nash, who will be giving a MillerComm presentation on Thursday, April 14 at 7:30pm in the Levis Faculty Center.
For more information and program go to http://www.clacs.uiuc.edu/Guatemala54Page.htm or call 217-333-8419 |
See also:
http://www.clacs.uiuc.edu/Guatemala54Page.htm
http://www.clacs.uiuc.edu
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Background on the 1954 CIA Coup in Guatemala |
by ML
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07 Apr 2005
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This link will take you to an article that goes into detail on the background of the 1954 coup and the CIA's (and ultimately, the US taxpayer's) responsibility for it:
http://www.newspoetry.org/1999/991226.html
Unfortunately, many of the direct links in the article to the original URL locations of the declassified CIA documents are broken and they have not yet been updated to reflect the changes. However, you can go to this link:
http://www.foia.cia.gov/guatemala.asp
There, you can search for each document by it's document number, available at the links near the bottom of the page. It's a little more trouble, but they are still all available online via the CIA's FOIA website if you would like to see what is referenced in the article.
The article reflects the opinions of its author, who is not involved with the organization of the conference at the UI. |
