After an long and unexpected break, Cafe with Strangers returns with the continuation on the topic of the decades long civil war and genocide of the indigenous population that occurred in the 20th Century in Guatemala. In part one, the history of what led up to the start of the war and the death and destruction that affected the country, including its more vulnerable populations. This episode will dive into a committee led by three people who were entrusted with the task of gathering and documenting the information of what transpired and aided in creating ways on how proceed in never letting another Silent Genocide befall the country of Guatemala ever again.

Episode topic starts around minute 4:00.

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TW - mentioned topics of torture, death including children death, crimes against children, assault, sexual assault

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Some sources used:

The CEH Report (English) - https://hrdag.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/CEHreport-english.pdf

The CEH Report (Spanish) - https://www.centrodememoriahistorica.gov.co/descargas/guatemala-memoria-silencio/guatemala-memoria-del-silencio.pdf

https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.1_Convention%20on%20the%20Prevention%20and%20Punishment%20of%20the%20Crime%20of%20Genocide.pdf

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