Dr. Raul Molina, member of the Board of Directors of the Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA and former Coordinator of the National University of Guatemala's Truth Commission, will deliver a talk about the political situation currently existing within that country.
The Social Concerns Committee of the
Unitarian Church of Orange County invites you
to attend the following special presentation
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GUATEMALA: 8 YEARS AFTER THE PEACE ACCORDS
A difficult present & an uncertain future
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Friday, September 3, 2004
@ 7:30 pm
Dr. Raul Molina, member of the Board of Directors of
the Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA and former
Coordinator of the National University of Guatemala's
Truth Commission (which exposed decades of human
rights abuses committed by the Guatemalan military,
private militias, and death squads), will deliver a
talk about the political situation currently existing
within that country.
From his own personal experience as a human rights
activist, Dr. Molina will give us a thorough and
indepth look at Guatemalan politics; talk about the
influence the United States plays in its internal
affairs; and address some of the issues faced by
Guatemalans who migrated here to escape political
repression.
Dr. Molina notes that recent positive changes in the
government and efforts to implement the 1996 Peace
Accords ending civil strife are a source of hope for
the Guatemalan people; but warns that serious social
and economic problems and pervasive violence and
insecurity still threaten to tear that nation apart
Active in Guatemalan politics, Dr. Molina was a
founding member of Representación Unitaria de la
Oposición Guatemalteca (RUOG) in 1982, a political and
diplomatic team that presented the case of Guatemalan
human rights atrocities to all important international
fora, particularly the UN General Assembly Commission
on Human Rights.
In addition to this, he was Under-Secretary for
Foreign Affairs for the Frente Democrático Nueva
Guatemala (FDNG), a left-wing political party, between
the years of 1996-99, and was a candidate for Mayor of
Guatemala City in for Acción Metropolitana (AM) in
November 1999.
Dr. Molina is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor
of Latin American History and World History at Long
Island University and an Adjunct Associate Professor
of Social Sciences at New York University.
This meeting is free and open to the general public,
although a small donation might be requested to help
cover expenses. Nobody will be turned away for lack of
funds. For more information about this speaker, please
contact duaneroberts92804@yahoo.com.
Unitarian Church of Orange County
511 South Harbor Blvd.
Anaheim, California
(Located on the Southwest corner
of Harbor Blvd. and Santa Ana Street)
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714-758-1050
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http://www.uuchurchoc.org
Original: Guatemalan human rights activist speaks @ Unitarian Church, Anaheim, Friday, Sept. 3rd