my fellow fk

I felt a little ashamed when I asked about guatemalan history in details to C with whom I am literally living for the past 5months and who comes from Guatemala. 5 months and I just remained ignorant about it. Well, today I wake up. I'm sitting in hagestua (the Internet room) and she's on the next computer and we are talking about Guatemalan history, something which is disturbing for her, I can see that in the way she talks about and in her eyes.

Guatemala had a civil war from 1960 to 1996, but she says its not over yet. She says people still kill each other, more due to the usage of narcotics in her country. Its difficult to live there, even though its my home she says in norsk. It was a war between the government and the indigenous person from Guatemala, mainly the Maya people, and she is one of them. In 1996, they signed the peace agreement between the government and the guerrilla forces to maintain peace. So, why did they fight for 36 years and kill each other? It all agravated with a man called Rios Montt came into power after a coup. This man declared to kill all the indeginious people of Guatemala. he was accused of military massacres of civilians, but nothing happened against him He lives peacefully now in Guatemala, she says with anger in her voice.

The country was divided into two- the local civilian defence patrols of the government or the guerrillas and they fought with each other. One group faught to supress an unarmed group, while the other fought for its rights as a human beings. My grandmother was killed because of this due to this war, she said. Its not that great a situation now as well, she tries making me understand. The government still is in the hunt for the guerrillas, she says. The US presented as if there was no need for UN intervention during that time, but now UN is there, working and helping. They are working now, yes they do, but now... we needed them more many years ago, she says in norsk.

I dont know how she felt after talking about all this, cause she and her family being Maya indeginious themselves faced those injustices. Du trenger også å leser om revolution (you also need to read about the revolution)
Det skal jeg gjøre :)
(that I shall do...)