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- Learn More About Guatemala
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- Suggested reading list and videos featuring culture and history of human rights in Guatemala:
- A Short History of Guatemala, by Ralph Woodword
- Guatemala History available from Lonely Planet (web page)
- Guatemala Timeline available from the BBC (webpage)
- “The Mission,” by Roland Joffre (full-length movie)
- Open Veins of Latin America, by Eduardo Galeano (book)
- Tecpan, Guatemala: A Modern Maya Town in Global and Local Context, by Fischer and Hendrickson (book)
- The Art of a Political Murder: Who Killed the Bishop? by Francisco Goldman (book)
- I, Rigoberta Menchu: An Indian Woman in Guatemala, by Rigoberta Manchu (book)
- “The Field Afar: Sayaxché, Guatemala,” Maryknoll Missionaries (short film)
- “Granito: How to Nail a Dictator,” by Kinoy, Yates, and Onis (full-length movie)