georgephillip
Diamond Member
For the first time in recorded history, a politician has been held accountable for crimes he ordered on behalf of his oligarch overlords.
"Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty on Friday of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest phase of the country's 36-year civil war and was sentenced to 80 years in prison.
"Hundreds of people who were packed into the courtroom burst into applause, chanting, 'Justice!' as Rios Montt received a 50-year term for the genocide charge and an additional 30 years for crimes against humanity.
"It was the first time a former head of state had been found guilty of genocide in his or her own country.
Google CIA coup in Guatemala in 1954 if interested.
Former Guatemala dictator Rios Montt convicted of genocide | Reuters
"Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt was found guilty on Friday of genocide and crimes against humanity during the bloodiest phase of the country's 36-year civil war and was sentenced to 80 years in prison.
"Hundreds of people who were packed into the courtroom burst into applause, chanting, 'Justice!' as Rios Montt received a 50-year term for the genocide charge and an additional 30 years for crimes against humanity.
"It was the first time a former head of state had been found guilty of genocide in his or her own country.
Google CIA coup in Guatemala in 1954 if interested.
Former Guatemala dictator Rios Montt convicted of genocide | Reuters