Ex-Guatemalan dictator Efraín Ríos Montt dies aged 91
February 2016
Women's rights and gender equality
Guatemalan soldiers to answer civil war sexual slavery charges in historic trial
For the first time ever, sex slavery will be prosecuted where the war crime took place, 30 years after 11 Mayan women from Sepur Zarco were raped and enslaved
July 2015
Guatemalan ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt mentally unfit for genocide retrial
Forensic authority says 89-year-old would not be able to defend himself in retrial over killings of nearly 2,000 indigenous Maya during civil war
June 2015
Guatemalan ex-dictator's lawyer shot dead
Francisco Palomo, who defended Efrain Rios Montt against charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, shot 12 times but no immediate word on suspects
December 2013
Guardian Weekly 2013 in review
Guardian Weekly year in review 2013: Latin America takes to the streets as Brazil awaits its big moment
Growing expectations, politics and the pope all helped to mobilise large crowds in the region
May 2013
Guatemala court overturns genocide conviction against former dictator
Victims of 1980s violence express dismay as court annuls proceedings in case against José Efraín Ríos Montt
Guatemala overturns former dictator's genocide conviction
Trial of Efrain Rios Montt, convicted of genocide and crimes against humanity committed in 1980s, thrown into disarray
Former Guatemalan dictator convicted of genocide and jailed for 80 years
Guatemala genocide trial: witnesses of atrocities tell their stories - video
Guatemala's former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt battles genocide charges
Judge Carol Flores sparks row after voiding all actions taken in former dictator's war crimes case since November 2011
March 2013
Former Guatemalan dictator José Efraín Ríos Montt goes on trial
Guatemala City trial levels charges of genocide and crimes against humanity against 86-year-old
January 2013
Guatemalan former dictator to stand trial
José Efraín Ríos Montt is accused of ordering murder, torture and displacement of Mayan Indians in 1980s
March 2012
Poverty matters blog
US film could help nail Guatemala's former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt
An 80s documentary could provide crucial evidence to support charges of genocide and crimes against humanity
January 2012
Efraín Ríos Montt: Guatemala human rights groups welcome genocide trial
Judge rules that Guatemala's former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt must face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity
Guatemala's former dictator on trial for genocide – video
Efraín Ríos Montt, the 85-year-old former Guatemalan president, arrives in court accused of killing 1,700 indigenous people
Latin America confronts state atrocities of bloody past
Ex-Guatemalan dictator Ríos Montt faces genocide charges as presidents in El Salvador and Colombia apologise for massacres
December 2006
Pinochet escaped justice - we must ensure Ríos Montt does not
Patrick Daniels
Response: The victims of Guatemalan repression have also tried to hold their former dictator to account, says Patrick Daniels.
November 2003
Ex-dictator faces poll oblivion
The former dictator of Guatemala José Efraín Ríos Montt was heading for political oblivion yesterday after failing to win a place in the second leg of the country's presidential elections.
