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3 <strong>Racism</strong> <strong>and</strong> the <strong>Guatemala</strong>n StateRoddy BrettRoddy Brett:Pr<strong>of</strong>esor Pr<strong>in</strong>cipal, RelacionesInternacionales y Ciencia Políticay Gobierno, Universidad delRosario, Bogotá, Colombia.E-mail: roderick.brett@urosario.edu.coEste artículo analiza la relación entre el racismo y el genocidio en<strong>Guatemala</strong>, se argumenta que el racismo histórico, <strong>in</strong>terpersonal,estructural e <strong>in</strong>stitucional facilitó el racismo que fue cometidoentre 1978 y 1982. El artículo documenta la transformacióndel racismo estatal desde las décadas del conflicto armado<strong>in</strong>terno, y demuestra como el racismo estatal sigue existiendohoy en día en una forma dist<strong>in</strong>ta, y dentro del contexto de unestado “ multicultural”, apoyado y celebrado por la comunidad<strong>in</strong>ternacional.Palabras claves: genocidio; multiculturalismo; ombudsman de derechos humanos; violenciapolítica; estadoRoddy Brett:Pr<strong>of</strong>essor <strong>in</strong> InternationalRelations, Political Sciences <strong>and</strong>Government, Universidad delRosario, Bogotá, Colombia.E-mail: roderick.brett@urosario.edu.coThis article analyzes the relationship between racism <strong>and</strong> genocide<strong>in</strong> <strong>Guatemala</strong>, argu<strong>in</strong>g that the historical, <strong>in</strong>terpersonal, structural<strong>and</strong> <strong>in</strong>stitutional racism facilitated the genocide between 1978<strong>and</strong> 1982. The article traces how state racism has transformeds<strong>in</strong>ce the decades <strong>of</strong> the <strong>in</strong>ternal armed conflict <strong>and</strong> persists today,<strong>in</strong> an evolved form, <strong>and</strong> with<strong>in</strong> the framework <strong>of</strong> a “multicultural”state, lauded by the <strong>in</strong>ternational community.Keywords: Genocide; Multiculturalism; Human Rights Ombudsman; Political Violence; StateSTOCKHOLM REVIEW OF LATIN AMERICAN STUDIESIssue No. 6, March 201043
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