Guatemalan Protest Violation of Peace Accords
Guatemalan farmers protested the violation of the peace accords as the Inter-American Human Rights Commission 125th session talks Central America.

The demonstrators, mostly from Peten region, recalled in Parliament that they are war victims: orphans, widows, elderly and crippled that have received no compensation.

Farmer leader Francisco Monterola Martinez said Guatemala will not see prosperity as long as they continue to breach the agreements that ended the war a decade ago.

Parliament Vice President Oliverio Fernandez, says the peoples' rights have polarized Guatemala because the right to life and integrity has been violated for many years.

The Legislator recalled that the war claimed many lives and caused many domestic and overseas displacement, so despite the changes there is still need to close the gap between rich and poor.