Guatemala Approves Amnesty Bill
Guatemala’s legislature Wednesday approved a broad amnesty for war crimes, clearing one of the last obstacles to a planned peace pact.
Lawmakers passed the bill 65-8, while police outside the single-house congress kept 50 protesters from entering.
In Mexico City, government and guerrilla negotiators were holding a last round of talks before they are to sign a definitive peace agreement Dec. 29 in Guatemala City.
The two sides were discussing a timetable for implementing terms of the peace agreement, expected to be the last discussion after five years of peace negotiations.
At the United Nations, Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali reported to the Security Council that he plans to send a small military force to bolster the U.N. peacekeeping mission in Guatemala and to help with the disarming and demobilization of the rebels.
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