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Guatemalan Leader Blasts Trump Admin's "Contaminated" Deportation Flights as Rights Groups Say Expulsions Show "Reckless Disregard" for Rights and Health
Then President-elect Alejandro Giammattei speaks during a interview with AFP in Guatemala City on August 12, 2019.
Trump Accused of 'Actively and Knowingly' Spreading Coronavirus to Central America Through Deportations
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People wear face masks as a preventive measure against the spread of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, in Guatemala City, on March 16, 2020. (Photo: Johan Ordonez/AFP via Getty Images)
Trump seen as "global health threat" as Guatemalan health minister claims 75% of people on a recent deportation flight from the U.S. tested positive for the virus.
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Trump Condemned for 'Morally Reprehensible' Plan That Rights Groups Warn Means Death for Asylum-Seekers
Julia Conley, staff writer
"Instead of offering protection to people fleeing these conditions, the United...
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'Disorder by Design': Aid Group Details How Trump Has Manufactured Crisis at the US-Mexico Border
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"Cutting aid, closing borders, and returning thousands to unsafe and unstable...
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Trump Accused of 'Manufacturing' Crisis By Slashing Aid to Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador
'Beyond Repulsive': Outrage After Trump DHS Secretary Blames 'Parents' and 'Open Borders' Advocates for Deaths of Children in US Custody
'This Must End. Now.': 8-Year-Old Boy Dies in US Border Patrol Custody on Christmas Day
Marking Earth Day, Indigenous People Worldwide to Fight Corporate Forces
Responding to Clinton Barb, Sanders Blasts US Imperialism in Latin America
Decades After Atrocities During US-Backed Dirty Wars, Nations Take Promising Legal Steps
'Victory for the People' as Guatemalan President Resigns in Disgrace
Cheers Erupt As Guatemala Paves Way to Arrest School of the Americas-Trained President Perez Molina
Johns Hopkins Sued Over 1950s Non-Consensual STD Study
Rigoberta Menchu: Guatemalan Court Ruling on Crimes Against Humanity a 'Historic Event'

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