Guatemala: Constitutional Court expected to rule on nullifying Rios Montt verdict tomorrow

[Catherina]

Xeni Jardin ?@xeni 8h

“It would be a good idea for you to leave Guatemala now,” among nicer things they said. “Usted es mal vista.” Duly noted. Wheels up soon.

Rios Montt Trial ?@RiosMonttTrial 6h

- Rodriguez Sanchez attorney files legal challenge seeking Judge Barrios' dismissal on ground that she's "dangerously egocentric."

- Constitutional Court reportedly plans to release 3 judgments related to #RiosMontt trial Wednesday midday

- The Constitutional Court expected to rule tomorrow noon on recourse seeking to nullify Rios Montt verdict based on alleged irregularities

Romina Ruiz-Goiriena ?@romireports 37m

For everyone that followed #RiosMontt #GenocideGT trial, keep watching. This is far from over and things keep getting more complicated.

Rioss Montt isn't even in prison now lol. He pulled a Pinochet and went to a very cushy hospital

GUATEMALA CITY - Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt, who was convicted of genocide last week, was rushed to a military hospital Monday after fainting in court before a hearing on reparations for victims, his lawyer said.

The 86-year-old former general was hospitalized three days after he was sentenced to 80 years in prison and jailed for the massacre of indigenous people during his 1982-1983 regime.

"I have a patient who is almost 87 years old who has had a lot of stress in the last few days and weeks, and so his health has deteriorated," Carlos Alvarez, a doctor at the hospital, told reporters.

Alvarez said Rios Montt had a "high blood pressure crisis" that affected his stomach and kidneys. He could remain hospitalized for three to seven days and undergo a battery of tests, he added.

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http://www.interaksyon.com/article/61683/guatemala-ex-dictator-faints-in-court-hospitalized

Hypertension

Carlos Alvarez, internist Army Medical Center, said that Rios Montt is suffering from hypertensive crisis, from the stress of the previous day, a situation that would require keeping under medical observation for 72 hours to a week.

http://noticias.emisorasunidas.com/noticias/nacionales/trasladan-rios-montt-centro-medico-militar

I'll update this thread tomorrow

[joelz]

1. This must be some kind of mistake

I remember Ronald Reagan saying Ríos Montt is “totally dedicated to democracy” not only that but we sent him to the school of the Americas for some education,we shipped this guy tons of arms to make his country safe for American business.

[Catherina]

2. I think you're right about the mistake lol. And let's not forget, hero of the Christian Right

Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell vouched for him too

Thirty years ago, the Religious Right played a significant role in U.S.-Central American relations: vigorously supporting President Ronald Reagan's so-called low-intensity wars in the region - the contras in Nicaragua, right wing paramilitary death squads in El Salvador, and military dictators in Guatemala - a policy that was responsible for the death of hundreds of thousands of people. The Religious Right's support was in part couched in the struggle against communism, and in part tied to what they hoped would be the expansion of evangelical Protestantism in the region.

Guatemala's José Efraín Ríos Montt was a favorite of the Rev. Jerry Falwell, Loren Cunningham's Youth With A Mission (YWAM), and televangelist Pat Robertson.

In his book, The Most Dangerous Man in America?: Pat Robertson and the Rise of the Christian Coalition, Americans United's Rob Boston pointed out that Pat Robertson had praised Ríos Montt for his "enlightened leadership" and claimed that the dictator insisted on "honesty in government." Observed Robertson, "I was in Guatemala three days after Ríos Montt overthrew the corrupt (previous) government. The people had been dancing in the street for joy, literally fulfilling the words of Solomon who said, 'When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.'"

According to Right Web, a project of the Institute for Policy Studies, "Within a week of the 1982 coup ... Robertson flew to Guatemala to meet with the new president. Ríos Montt's first interview as president was with Robertson, who aired it on [his Christian Broadcasting Network's program]`The 700 Club' and praised the new military government. Robertson also urged donations for International Love Lift, a relief project of Ríos Montt's U.S. church, Gospel Outreach. Ríos Montt said that Pat Robertson had offered to send missionaries and `more than a billion dollars' in aid from U.S. fundamentalists. Robertson, however, claimed that he hoped to match the earlier CBN donation of $350,000 in earthquake relief and send `a small team of medical and agricultural experts' to Guatemala. CBN reportedly sponsored a campaign to send money and agricultural and medical technicians to help design the first model villages under Ríos Montt."

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http://www.talk2action.org/story/2012/3/5/133636/9012

International Love Lift? WTF.

[Judi Lynn]

3. "International Love Lift?" Now THAT'S pure blasphemy. From a "man of gawd," too.

The same clown who has made periodic dives into Africa in pursuit of more gold, and diamonds, whose employees have acknowledged he has prayed for buena fortuna sucking up the precious trinkets on his trips there.

Same guy who claims he can leg-press 2,000 pounds, lying on his back with those weighty thingies on his feeties!

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Pure fundie capitalist piety, and pillar of the republican community.