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Blessed Are the Activists: Catholic Advocacy, Human Rights, and Genocide in Guatemala

by Michael J. Cangemi

  • Paperback
  • 246 pages
  • Publisher: University Alabama Press
  • 15.2 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm

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For those interested in faith and human rights

Unpacks how activists influenced foreign policy

Helps you understand the power of faith-led action

A compelling look at the role of Catholic activists in shaping human rights and justice in Guatemala.

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_Documents the history of Catholic activism to mitigate human rights abuses in Guatemala and the failed US policies in the country and region during the 1970s and 1980s___Blessed Are the Activists examines US Catholic activists' influence on US-Guatemalan relations during the Guatemalan civil war's most violent years in the 1970s and 1980s. Cangemi argues that Catholic activists' definition of human rights, advocacy methods, and structure caused them to act as a transnational human rights NGO that engaged Guatemalan and US government officials on human rights issues, reported on Guatemala's human rights violations, and criticized US foreign policy decisions as a contributing factor in Guatemala's inequality, poverty, and violence. His work foregrounds how Catholic activists emphasized dignity for Guatemala's poorest citizens and the connections they made between justice, solidarity, and peace and brought Guatemala's violence, poverty, and inequality to greater global attention, often at great personal risk. Cangemi pays considerable attention to multiple facets of the strained US-Guatemala diplomatic relationship, including how and why Guatemala's military dictatorship exposed the internal flaws within the Carter administration's decision to link military aid to human rights and how internal foreign policy debates in the Carter and Reagan administrations helped to intensify Guatemala's bloody civil war. He also includes interviews conducted with Guatemalan genocide survivors and refugees to provide firsthand accounts of the consequences of those policymaking decisions. Finally, he offers readers an in-depth examination of the US Catholic press's sharp rebukes of US policies on Guatemala and all of Central America when the broader Roman Catholic Church began to move farther toward the ideological right under John Paul II. Blessed Are the Activists offers rich, original research and a gripping narrative. With Guatemala and other countries in Latin America still experiencing human rights abuses, this book will continue to provide context. It will appeal to a broad swath of readers, from scholars to the general public and students.

  • Title

    Blessed Are the Activists: Catholic Advocacy, Human Rights, and Genocide in Guatemala

  • Author

    Michael J. Cangemi

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    University Alabama Press

  • Published

    January 2024

  • Weight

    390g

  • Page Count

    246

  • Dimensions

    15.2 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9780817361266

  • ISBN-10

    081736126X

  • Eden Code

    6182144