101. DEA Resources, For Law Enforcement Officers, Intelligence Reports, Guatemala Cou Guatemalan Top government Officials. DRUG ABUSE. The government of Guatemalacontinues to be concerned about drug abuse among the general population. http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/pubs/intel/01018/01018.html

HOME CONTACT US SITE DIRECTORY [print friendly page] Drug Intelligence Brief GUATEMALA: COUNTRY BRIEF June 2001 DEA Office Responsible Guatemala City Country Office Population 10,928,000 in mid 1996 Area 108,889 square kilometers (42,042 square miles) Capital Guatemala City Type of Government Constitutional Republic Guatemalan Top Government Officials President Alfonso Portillo Vice President Francisco Reyes Minister of Government Guillermo Ruiz Wong Minister of National Defense Juan de Dios Estrada Velasquez FRC Director and Legislative President Efrain Rios Montt DRUG SEIZURES IN GUATEMALA 1996-2000 Cocaine (metric tons) Marijuana (metric tons) Heroin (kilograms) Opium Poppies (in hectares) Cannabis Plants (in hectares) HISTORICAL COMMENT overwhelming victory of the FRG and Alfonso Portillo. To the dismay of human rights activists, Efain Rios Montt, who had been military ruler of Guatemala during the early 1980s when numerous human rights violations took place, was elected to head the Guatemalan Congress and remained party president of the FRG. OVERVIEW These organizations also use containerized cargo aboard commercial maritime vessels sailing from ports on the Caribbean Sea and the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Drug trafficking organizations transporting cocaine from Colombia use Guatemalan ports to off-load their vessels, as other groups load vessels with drugs en route to Europe and the United States. These shipments normally are destined for major ports in Mexico and U.S. ports along the Gulf of Mexico.

102. Guatemalan Maquila Union Negotiates Contract The threatened closing initially came as an unwelcome surprise to the union and itssupporters but when the Guatemalan government stipulated that the only way http://www.usleap.org/Recent Headlines/Guate Surprise 7-03.html

The Guatemala Surprise Maquilas US/LEAP Newsletter July 2003 The contract provides for wage increases in 2003 and 2004, day care facilities, and improved access to medical care, among other gains. As important as the contract, however, was a side agreement in which the company agreed to provide a positive environment for the union, giving it a chance to rebuild itself. Workers have been intimidated from joining the union since the violent attacks in July 2001 and continuing harassment since then. A key to the resurrection of the union is whether management truly changes its past behavior against union members. Concrete steps agreed to by the company include granting the union on-site office space and a bulletin board, hiring new supervisors, and providing for third-party verification. The Guatemalan maquila sector has had two previous collective bargaining agreements in the past 15 years: at INEXPORT, at which all union supporters were fired shortly after the agreement was signed in 1989, and at Camisas Modernas, a Phillips-Van Heusen plant where the union finally won a contract and good benefits in 1997 after years of struggle only to see the factory shut down 18 months later. Guatemalan maquiladora business leaders can be expected to undermine the new achievement, having made it clear it that they oppose any collective bargaining agreement in their sector, fearing that it will lead to worker empowerment in a country where unions have been violently smashed for decades.

103. CIA Involved In Guatemala Coup CIA involved in guatemala coup, 1954. Subject CIA involved in guatemala coup Date13 Jun 1997 055209 GMT Organization InfoMatch Internet Vancouver BC. http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/guatemala.html

CIA involved in Guatemala coup, 1954 Subject: CIA involved in Guatemala coup Date: 13 Jun 1997 05:52:09 GMT Organization: InfoMatch Internet - Vancouver BC from the Militant , vol.61/no.24 June 23, 1997 At the end of May, the Central Intelligence Agency declassified 1,400 pages of reports on the 1954 coup it engineered in Guatemala to remove president Jacobo Arbenz from office. Arbenz became a target of U.S. imperialism for threatening to carry out modest land reforms against the interests of produce giant, United Fruit Company . In 1952, U.S. president Harry Truman gave the secret police approval to begin shipping guns and money to opposition forces and training mercenaries. The released documents show that CIA cops trained assassins to kill 58 people put on a "disposal list." They include a 22-page how-to manual on murder. Secret intelligence officials claim none of the missions were carried out. The list of CIA targets were also subjected to "nerve war," which included death threats, phone calls "preferably between 2 and 5 A.M.," frame-ups, and other forms of intimidation. Less than 1 percent of the CIA files on the Guatemala coup were included in the declassification, with many details blacked out. See United Fruit Company SEARCH 50s HOME READING LIST ... FILREIS HOME Document URL: http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/50s/guatemala.html

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