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AMERICA NEWS |
Thursday 08
September 2011 |
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Guatemala:
66
Cities
at
Risk
of
Election-Related
Violence
Guatemala
-
At
least
66
of
Guatemala''s
333
cities
are
at
risk
for
violence
during
Sunday''s
presidential
elections,
the
Human
Rights
Attorney''s
Office
(PDH)
alerted.
The
PDH
created
a
risk
map
to
mark
the
regions
where
which
problems
could
arise
during
the
elections,
identifying
17
of
the
country's
22
departments,
most
of
them
indigenous
populations.
Conflicts
between
communities
and
security
forces,
drug
trafficking
and
changes
to
the
electoral
rolls
were
the
main
sourcs
of
conflict.
Authorities
presented
a
security
plan
to
be
implemented
Friday
which
includes
the
protection
of
polling
places
and
infrastructure,
such
as
bridges
and
electricity
towers,
as
well
as
citizen
surveillance.
According
to
Interior
Minister
Carlos
Menocal,
the
plan
also
providees
for
protection
against
possible
attacks
on
international
electoral
observers,
harbors
and
embassies.
Meanwhile,
the
Electoral
Supreme
Court
announced
that
95
percent
of
the
process
for
the
transmission
of
electoral
figures
on
Sunday
was
guaranteed.
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