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MACLEOD, Morna. Mayan Testimonies during Guatemala’s Internal Armed Conflict. Desacatos [online]. 2020, n.62, pp.36-53.  Epub 27-Ene-2025. ISSN 2448-5144.  https://doi.org/10.29340/62.2198.

I analyze various testimonies presented by Mayans during the armed conflict in Guatemala in the international arena: The Permanent Peoples’ Tribunal, endorsed with other sources, particularly the journal Polémica, from Costa Rica. Surprisingly little has been written on testimony during war: what characteristics, potentials and restraints do these testimonies have? Through analyzing testimonies and personal communication with those involved in the Tribunal, I argue that testifying in war heightens agency and an urgency to save lives that give political clout to the literature on memory. I suggest that the voices of Mayans from Guatemala enrich the Tribunal’s testimony denunciations, but what is included and omitted from their testimonies weaves other silenced forms of violence.

Palabras llave : testimony; Mayas; armed conflict; Guatemala; denunciation.

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