Information on the above-mentioned organizations could not be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC.

For your information, please find attached a few documents, one of which reports on student organizations at San Carlos University (in addition to that already available through your Regional Documentation Centre). Also attached, please find an article on the opposition to the Guatemalan government's proposed Social Pact, which was to be initially debated on 22 March 1991. Specific references to demonstrations on that date could not be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC.

One of the attached documents states that the Association of University Students (AEU) activism "encompasses economic-justice issues" (Barry 1990, 86). Nevertheless, the source does not indicate whether a particular organization within the AEU deals with such issues.

The attached document on the rejection of the government's proposed Social Pact states that four important unions joined the boycott (Central America Report 5 Apr. 1991). Another source states that at least one of the four unions may have become the target of threats because of its opposition to the Social Pact (Guatemala Human Rights Commission 22 Apr. 1991).

A more recent report (May 1991) mentions a strike at San Carlos University in which "the schools of engineering and law were the last to join" (Central America Report 31 May 1991).

Additional and/or corroborating information could not be found among the sources currently available to the IRBDC.

Bibliography

Central America Report [Guatemala]. 31 May 1991. "Public University at a Standstill."

. 5 April 1991. "Labor Boycotts `Social Pact'."

Guatemala Human Rights Commission, Washington, D.C. 22 April 1991. Human Rights Update #14. "UASP and AEU Leaders Threatened."

Tom Barry. 1990. Guatemala: A Country Guide. New Mexico: The Inter-Hemispheric Education Resource Center.

Attachments

Central America Report [Guatemala]. 31 May 1991. "Public University at a Standstill."
. 5 April 1991. "Labor Boycotts `Social Pact'."

Guatemala Human Rights Commission, Washington, D.C. 22 April 1991. Human Rights Update #14. "UASP and AEU Leaders Threatened," p. 3.

Tom Barry. 1990. Guatemala: A Country Guide. New Mexico: The Inter-Hemispheric Education Resource Center, pp. 85-86.