Tue 20 Jan 2015
How Washington’s War on Terror Has Become a War on Human Rights Defenders in Central America
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Jeff Abbott Truthout
Daniel Pascual doesn’t come across as a “terrorist.” The 42-year-old Kiche Maya and current president of the Comite Unidad Campesino (CUC) has been at the forefront of the movement to defend indigenous rights in Guatemala for decades, but according to a lawsuit filed in court against him by the Pro-Patriot League, “terrorism” is also among his actions. (more…)