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<div align="center"><font color="#0000FF"><b>Paradise in Ashes: The
Impact of Civil War on A Guatemalan Village<br><br>
</b></font>Beatriz Manz, Professor of Geography & Ethnic Studies,
UC-Berkeley<br>
Moderator: Jean Jackson, Professor of Anthropology, MIT<br><br>
<font color="#0000FF"><b>Tuesday, March 16, 2004<br>
</b></font>7:00 p.m., MIT Room 66-110<br><br>
<i>Co-Sponsored by the MIT Anthropology Program, the MIT Program on Human
Rights & Justice, and the MIT Western Hemisphere Project <br><br>
</i> "Beatriz Manz has written a moving chronicle of<br>
Guatemalan villagers who have endured unspeakable<br>
injustice, yet remarkably look to the future with<br>
hope. This splendid book is a beautifully written<br>
human story that is framed by the passions and<br>
devastating consequences of the Cold War. The<br>
narrative is a testament to the power of public<br>
anthropology and a must-read for those concerned<br>
about the marginalized of the south."<br><br>
-- Isabel Allende<br><br>
"The violent overthrow of democracy in Guatemala<br>
in 1954 by the army, with CIA backing, spelled<br>
the end of FDR's "good neighbor" policy. In
its<br>
stead, Cold War ideology transformed Guatemala<br>
into one vast death camp. No wonder President<br>
Clinton apologized to the victims of that genocide.<br>
Beatriz Manz, as both an anthropologist and a human<br>
being, gives us a precise account of the high price<br>
of a political mistake."<br><br>
-- Carlos Fuentes<br><br>
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Susan Frick<br>
Program Assistant<br>
Program on Human Rights and Justice<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
E38-277, 292 Main Street<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
Tel: 617 258 7614<br>
Fax: 617 452 3962<br>
Email: fricks@mit.edu<br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/phrj" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/phrj</a><br>
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