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This text analyzes the semiofficial interpretations about Guatemala's Civil War (1960-1996) since 1990's. These interpretations are favorable with the Marxist guerrilla, which was the responsible for the arm movement and was defeated. These explanations justify the insurgency from a sociological study and denigrate the position of those people who combated the Marxist guerrilla. Then, it analyzes the theoretical and practice consequences of these interpretations. Finally, this work presents others similar cases in the Latin America. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A literary criticism of the book "Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y así me nació la conciencia" by Rigoberta Menchú is presented. It outlines the public opinion about civil war and social and economic conditions of Mayas due to the war. It examines the role of the book and narrative technique in attracting the attention of international community towards the civil war and indigenous population.

Copyright of URVIO - Revista Latinoamericana de Seguridad Ciudadana is the property of FLACSO - Ecuador (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales) and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Copyright of IBEROAMERICANA. América Latina - España - Portugal is the property of Vervuert Verlag and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

This is the presentation of the text "El Éxodo", which narrates the migration of Guatemalan Chujs to Mexico during the '80's civil war in Guatemala. Also, a brief grammatical sketch of Chuj grammar is presented in order to make it easy to read the text (verbal word structure, word order and nominal classifiers). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

El artículo describe varios informes en el tema sobre temas relacionados con la migración de Guatemala chuj a México durante la guerra civil de Guatemala, Pascal, un plato de pollo de los huastecos y confesionario escritos en el en la lengua cuicateca.

El artículo discurre sobre el desarrollo del Proyecto de la Recuperación de la Memoria Histórica de la guerra civil en Guatemala de 1960-1996. El autor examina la importancia de la memoria histórica en comprender la situación del presente. Se analiza la dificultad para los guatemaltecos recordar las atrocidades de la guerra y el reto de separar la verdad de la ficción de los eventos. Se describe el proceso de construir la paz y el cambio del gobierno a causa de la firma de la paz.

INTRODUCTION: The Guatemalan society was exposed to an internal armed conflict during the period from 1962 to 1996. During these years, the civil society suffered multiple traumatic events. The objective of this study is to understand the psychological impact that the conflict had on the mental health of the Guatemalans. METHODS: A review of articles published between 1962 and 2004, in the databases Medline, Lilacs, Embase, Psiclit-Infon, Cochrane Library and Pilots was conducted. The articles that were selected found mental disorder prevalences in Guatemalans through standardized instruments. RESULTS: Eight studies were found to demonstrate, in general, elevated prevalences for mental disorders in different population groups affected by the violence. For the depression ranges, the prevalence was between 38.8% and 41.8%; for anxiety symptoms intervals between 27.7% and 54.4 %; for sleep problems, 75 %, and for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) studies with low frequencies from 2% to 11.8 % and other studies that demonstrated higher prevalences from 32% to 52%. CONCLUSIONS: These mental disorders prevalences can be interpreted as elevated when compared with population studies of persons not exposed to armed conflicts where the PTSD ranges generally go from 0.5% to 11.7%. This permits the inference that these high frequencies are probably related to traumatic experiences of the war in Guatemala and in exile. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Más de 20 años después del fin de la guerra civil, Guatemala está nuevamente experimentando un aumento del desplazamiento interno. Las causas son múltiples y requieren atención urgente. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]