‘Victory for the People’ as Guatemalan President Resigns in Disgrace

U.S.-backed Otto Pérez Molina stepped down over corruption charges, but Guatemalans say his crimes include torture and acts of genocide

by Sarah Lazare

Courtesy: Common Dreams | 03 September, 2015

Protesters in Guatemala City on Thursday. (Photo: Esteban Biba/European Pressphoto Agency)

School of the Americas-trained Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina, who oversaw acts of torture and genocide during the country’s decades-long civil war, stepped down just before midnight Wednesday disgraced by unprecedented corruption charges—and by a popular movement against impunity for the ruling elite.

When Brinda Karat Became Emotional In Kandhamal

By Binu Mathew

Courtesy: Countercurrents.org | 04 September, 2015

Acclaimed film maker K.P Sasi and I were standing in a corner of the courtyard of Phulbani Government Guest House having a coffee. It was about 8 A.M in the morning of 31st August. A vehicle stopped nearby and Brinda Karat came rushing towards us. She was visibly emotionally upset. She had gone to visit the seven innocent men convicted in the Swami Laxmananda murder case.