• Oil, Aid, and Human Rights in 20th Century Guatemala – an Interview with Richard Balzano

  • Jan 13 2025
  • Length: 53 mins
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Oil, Aid, and Human Rights in 20th Century Guatemala – an Interview with Richard Balzano

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  • Guatemala is not usually thought of as an oil county, and that is of course, largely because it is not one. Today’s interviewee however, traces the fascinating story of a largely forgotten – and largely unrealised – oil rush which threatened to take place there, based on a resource which wasn’t there – or to put it more precisely – wasn’t there in the quantities needed to properly exploit.

    There is much more to this story, however. Connected to that interest in oil and the desire of US corporations to make profit from it, were the games of the cold war and fears of communism, dictatorships, civil war, and personal ambition




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