National Security : Guatemala

This pathfinder includes information about national security in Guatemala. It includes military and police sites. The most important source for bibliography of books and articles concerning Guatemala is the annual Handbook of Latin American Studies (http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/) produced by over 130 contributing editors under the editorship of the Hispanic Division of the Library of Congress. Additional coverage of journal articles can be found through a subscription to the Hispanic American Periodical Index (http://hapi.gseis.ucla.edu/).   Both the Handbook and HAPI are available in selected libraries in book form.   One of the major aggregators for links to a wide variety of subjects relating to regional resources for Latin America is the University of Texas' LANIC (http://lanic.utexas.edu/la/ca/guatemala/). Another site one should especially note is the site prepared by the Law Library of the Library of Congress for international and multinational information on their Guide to Law Online (http://www.loc.gov/law/guide/guatemala.html).

EJERCITO DE GUATEMALA  (http://www.mindef.mil.gt/)
The Military Forces of Guatemala's site provides information about the military history of Guatemala, its organization, the current situation of the Military Forces, and its education and health. In Spanish.

GUATEMALA DOCUMENTATION PROJECT  (http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/latin%5Famerica/guatemala.html)
The National Security Archive of the George Washington University provides The Guatemala Documentation Project, which is a comprehensive report and database on Guatemalan security forces.

THE GUATEMALAN MILITARY: WHAT THE US FILES REVEAL  (http://www.gwu.edu/%7Ensarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB32/index.html)
The Guatemalan Military: what the US Files reveal. This site provides a report compiled by the National Security Archive presented in Guatemala (June, 2000). In Spanish and English.