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Article: U.S. has stake in Guatemala's ascent to peace.(Editorial)
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- National Catholic Reporter
- Article date:
- October 4, 1996
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In this bloodiest of centuries, it is cause for wonder that a nation like Guatemala, trailing horrific episodes of internal violence, manages to climb to a plateau of peace.
In many ways like South Africa and Chile, El Salvador and Haiti, Argentina and Brazil and others around the globe, Guatemala finally seems ready to concede to the groaning for human dignity and a more inclusive and credible democracy (see story page 6).
The process - as tentative in Guatemala as it is in all those other places - will require considerable nurturing if it is to take firm hold. Preventing any further such episodes in this hemisphere will also require a much deeper look ...