Guatemala's Secret Files May Hold Clues to Atrocities
To: public@nytimes.com
Subject: Guatemala's Secret Files May Hold Clues to Atrocities
Dear Mr. Calame,
"...a campaign launched with money and advice from a succession of United States administrations worried about the spread of communism."
Surely we deserve more than a vague half-sentence of explanation for our complicity in these crimes. It is this reluctance to discuss U.S. adventures in Central America that causes them to be "forgotten"--as they were described in a recent NYTimes story. They are never forgotten by Latin Americans, and are a major cause of anti-Americanism south of our borders. That anti-Americanism was prevalent long before Chávez, or even Castro, came to power. (José Enrique Rodó's Ariel, which for the first time described the U.S. as "el coloso del Norte," was published in 1900.)
Subject: Guatemala's Secret Files May Hold Clues to Atrocities
Dear Mr. Calame,
"...a campaign launched with money and advice from a succession of United States administrations worried about the spread of communism."
Surely we deserve more than a vague half-sentence of explanation for our complicity in these crimes. It is this reluctance to discuss U.S. adventures in Central America that causes them to be "forgotten"--as they were described in a recent NYTimes story. They are never forgotten by Latin Americans, and are a major cause of anti-Americanism south of our borders. That anti-Americanism was prevalent long before Chávez, or even Castro, came to power. (José Enrique Rodó's Ariel, which for the first time described the U.S. as "el coloso del Norte," was published in 1900.)
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