This edited, one-volume version presents the first ever English translation of the report of The Guatemalan Commission for Historical Clarification (CEH), a truth commission that exposed the details of 'la violenca,' during which hundreds of massacres were committed in a scorched-earth campaign that displaced approximately one million people.

In this 14th report, the UN surmises that compliance with the Peace agreements made is deteriorating. It says that police violations of the agreement have increased and are normally unpunished. Other aspects of the peace agreement have also not been monitored sufficiently.

This book is the Ninth report of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala. It is the last report on the implementation of the 1996 peace agreements in Guatemala. The report shows a considerable stride and a stronger foundation for the future. Though there is more work to be done and it requires the commitment of all Guatemalans.

The findings of the Study Group on United States-Guatemalan Relations,organized under the auspices of the Central American and Caribbean Program(CACP) at the School of Advanced International Studies, The Johns HopkinsUniversity, focus on the nature of Guatemalan politics, possibilities for democratization,and the options available to U.S. policymakers during the regime ofGeneral Rios Montt. Also included in this book are two papers, commissioned by the CACP, that present starkly contrasting views of Guatemala in order to provide a background for the study group's discussions. As anticipated by study group members, the Rios Montt regime fell from power after the initial writing of this report, but their findings nevertheless provide an excellent overview of the debate on U.S. policy toward Guatemala.