Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 3 December 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade

Human Rights and Access to Justice in Guatemala: Former Attorney General of Guatemala

2:45 pm

Photo of Eric ByrneEric Byrne (Dublin South Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That is very interesting. I visited Colombia. We are always reading about the horrors of Mexico and the problems of indigenous people in Guatemala. We have a letter from the Ambassador of Colombia dealing with the problems of mob law in the port city of Buenaventura. Is there something that we in the West do not understand about the region? There is a level of violence, not just against women but internal violence.

Our trade links are very weak. Only for Trócaire we might not hear a great deal except what we hear about Guatemala in the national media.

It strikes me as strange for a right wing government to recognise Taiwan, state its opposition to the US embargo on Cuba and recognise the Palestinian state. How does one square those three facts with a right wing interpretation of world politics?

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