Headline Today: Guatemala
Headline Today: Guatemala is a war documentary. Two American journalists: Allan Nairn and Jean-Marie Simon explore the internal armed conflict in Guatemala in 1982. After General Efraín Ríos Montt comes to power the few news about Guatemala that appear in the United States' media are apparently positive. The major American media advertises the image of Ríos Montt as a “born again Christian” with a mission to pacify Guatemala. Nothing is further from reality. The Reagan Republican administration hides from Americans the war aid that his administration continues to provide to the Guatemalan army, despite the explicit congressional ban. The international media remains silent about the dimensions of the war in Guatemala while Ríos Montt, with the approval of the local oligarchy, leads for 18 months the largest number of atrocities and human rights violations against the civilian population.
Top Cast
Allan Nairn
as Self
Self
Info
More Like This

Comparsa
2025 • Movie
Discovering Dominga: A Survivor's Story
2003 • Movie

Little Birds
2023 • Movie

500 Years
2017 • Movie

Living on One Dollar
2013 • Movie
Mayan Renaissance
2012 • Movie

When the Mountains Tremble
1983 • Movie

Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
2011 • Movie

A Wrestling Legacy
2020 • Movie

It Was Hot That Day: A Jandiman Story
2024 • Movie

Bananaland: Blood, Bullets & Poison
2016 • Movie

Modern Guatemala City
1945 • Movie

Five Years North
2020 • Movie

La Charada Teatro - Puppeteers in Guatemala
2020 • Movie

Maximón: Devil or Saint
2014 • Movie