You can trace evangelicalism in Guatemala to American missionaries who went to help out after an earthquake in 1976. But that doesn’t explain its explosion in the decades since. The civil war might though.
Guatemalans look on as former dictator prepares to stand trial for genocide
Kate Doyle of the Guatemala Documentation Project talks with host Marco Werman about the trail of former Guatemalan President Gen. Rios Montt. It’s the first and only genocide trial against a former head of state ever held in a domestic court.
In Guatemala, this week marks the start of a landmark trial. Jill Replogle from the public radio collaboration, Fronteras Desk, reports on what this trial means to people in the US, from human rights advocates to Guatemalan immigrants.
Ríos Montt, the former leader of Guatemala, is on trial for committing some of the worst crimes against his own people, but Guatemalans aren’t paying attention.