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Presents news briefs from around the world as of December 28, 1999. Victory of Alfonso Portillo of the Guatemalan Republican Front in the presidential elections; Recommendation of United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan for an international force to be installed in Sierra Leone; Efforts of the government of Pakistan to crackdown corruption.

Focuses on the issue on the involvement of the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the cold war during the 1950's in Guatemala. Details on the counterinsurgency; What led the administration of Jimmy Carter to cut off military aid to Guatemala in the 1970's; Number of massacre victims.

Reports the replacement of a disbanded Guatemalan military unit `Archivo' by a renamed civilian intelligence service. Resurfacing of Archivo; Clinton administration's suspension of covert aid by CIA; Statistics of CIA support in past; CIA's defense in face of criticism by Congress; CIA station's anti narcotics drive; Guatemalan military divide over public revelations of CIA's role; Guatemalan President Ramiro de Leon Carpio's abolition of Archivo in 1993.

Reports a bomb explosion near the Presidential Palace in Guatemala during a dinner in honor of United Nations Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali. Death of a man: Reasons adduced by the government; Pressures faced by President Ramiro de Leon Carpio; Outcome of CIA revelation.