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• Former Leader of Guatemala Is Guilty of Genocide Against Mayan Group

  
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  By Elisabeth Malkin, NY Times, May 10, 2013 GUATEMALA CITY—A Guatemalan court on Friday found Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt, the former dictator who ruled Guatemala during one of the bloodiest periods of its long civil war, guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. Judge Yasmín Barrios sentenced General Ríos ...
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• Weekend Links

  
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  *  My proposed Coursera course will ask students to discover for themselves how and why John Doerr, and your other Venture Capitalists, are willing to provide an even greater abundance of knowledge in the service of greater economic and social equality than is the State of California, which clearly has the means to ...
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• Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt of Guatemala Guilty of Genocide

  
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  The judge who sentenced former dictator Gen. Efraín Ríos Montt to 80 years in prison said the court was “convinced of the intent to destroy the Ixil ethnic group.”        
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• A Guatemalan court has convicted a former dictator of genocide involving Mayans. More details:

  
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  A Guatemalan court has convicted a former dictator of genocide involving Mayans. More details: : A Guatemalan court has convicted former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison. The 86-year-old former general is the first former Latin ...
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• Wirick, Katherine – The Mayans Were Right

  
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  Website The Mayans Were Right Katherine sells this comic short a little bit by just calling it a sketchbook. For the new readers, my opinion on selling sketchbooks as comics is that it’s generally a bit of a cheat for conventions, a “look, I do too have a new book out this year!” kind of thing where ...
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• Here is a Mexico you need to know

  
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  You’ve probably heard of Cancun, Mexico’s number one tourism destination. But don’t miss out on a visit to the gloriously beautiful and fascinating Riviera Maya, stretching south of there along the Caribbean, says Irene Middleman Thomas Total darkness, except for the infinite array of stars twinkling above, ...
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• Prevailing theories on Mayan origin challenged...

  
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  Neither of the two theories for Mayan civilization is the full story... (PHYSORG) - The Maya civilization is well-known for its elaborate temples, sophisticated writing system, and mathematical and astronomical developments, yet the civilizations origins remain something of a mystery. A new University of Arizona ...
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• Suddenly I got that old-time feeling

  
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  Some good coverage of the George W. Bush library thing today. Jim Newell’s excellent live blog . An amazing photo from TPM . I can remember thinking, for a brief time, in 2008 and 2009, that we’d turned the corner as a civilization. We haven’t. Today was filled with attempts to rehab W. And there ...
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• Origin of Mayan Culture More Complicated Than Previously Thought

  
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  The Maya civilization is well-known for its elaborate temples, sophisticated writing system, and mathematical and astronomical developments, yet the civilizations origins remain something of a mystery. A new University of Arizona study to be published in the journal Science challenges the two prevailing theories on ...
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• The wisdom of the fool won’t set you free

  
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  Holy shit, you have to pay $995 to attend Friedmanpalooza and learn about the “new world order” (I thought that phrase had been officially retired in the late 90s): The New York Times Global Forum: Thomas L. Friedman’s The Next New World, scheduled for June 20, promises to “explore the complex dynamics of ...
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