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Guatemalan Civil War

Years: 1960 - 1996

The Guatemalan Civil War, the longest civil war in Latin American history, runs from 1960 to 1996, and had a profound impact on Guatemala.

“History is important. If you don't know history it is as if you were born yesterday. And if you were born yesterday, anybody up there in a position of power can tell you anything, and you have no way of checking up on it.”

—Howard Zinn, You Can't Be Neutral ... (2004)