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To save her life [[electronic resource] ] : disappearance, deliverance, and the United States in Guatemala / / Dan Saxon



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Autore: Saxon Dan <1958-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: To save her life [[electronic resource] ] : disappearance, deliverance, and the United States in Guatemala / / Dan Saxon Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (340 p.)
Disciplina: 972.8105/3
Soggetto topico: Disappeared persons - Guatemala
Political persecution - Guatemala
Human rights - Guatemala
Soggetto geografico: United States Foreign relations Guatemala
Guatemala Foreign relations United States
Soggetto non controllato: 20th century guatemalan history
20th century latin american history
abduction
activism
american government
army intelligence
captivity
catholic church
dan saxon
democracy
disappearance
government and governing
guatemala
guerrilla groups
human rights activism
human rights office
human rights
humanity
interrogation
latin american history
love story
ngos
political opposition group
political
politics
social justice
struggle
torture
us congress
us intervention
us state department
violence
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-293) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Map of Guatemala -- List of Abbreviations -- Preface -- 1. Thursday, July 23, 1992 -- 2. Thursday Morning and Afternoon -- 3. Friday, July 24, 1992 -- 4. Saturday and Sunday, July 25-26, 1992 -- 5. The Catholic Church in Guatemala, 1524-1992 -- 6. Monday and Tuesday, July 27-28, 1992 -- 7. Wednesday, July 29, 1992 -- 8. Thursday, July 30, 1992 -- PART TWO: THE VISA -- 9. Friday, July 31, 1992 -- 10. Saturday, August 1, 1992 -- 11. Sunday, August 2, 1992 -- 12. Monday, August 3, 1992 -- 13. Tuesday, August 4, 1992 -- 14. Wednesday, August 5, 1992 -- 15. Thursday, August 6, 1992 -- The Aftermath -- Epilogue -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography and Further Reading -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: Part human rights drama, part political thriller, part love story, this riveting narrative chronicles the disappearance of one woman as it tells the larger story of the past fifty years of violence and struggle for social justice and democracy, and U.S. intervention in Guatemala. Maritza Urrutia was abducted from a middle-class neighborhood while taking her son to school in 1992. To Save Her Life tells the story of her ordeal which included being interrogated in secret by army intelligence officers about her activities as part of a political opposition group. Chained to a bed, blindfolded, and deprived of sleep, Maritza was ultimately spared because her family was able to contact influential intermediaries, including author Dan Saxon, who was in Guatemala working for the Catholic Church's Human Rights Office. Here Saxon brings to life the web of players who achieved her release: the Church, the U.S. State Department, the U.S. Congress, numerous NGOs, guerrilla groups, politicians, students, and the media. Reaching back to 1954, when Maritza's grandparents were activists, the book is a study of the complex and often cruel politics of human rights, and its themes reverberate from Guatemala to Guantánamo to Iraq.
Titolo autorizzato: To save her life  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-77224-4
9786612772245
0-520-94111-X
1-4356-0386-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778391603321
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