British Columbia Marta Torres, the Guatemalan Opposition leader and exile, has returned to Vancouver from her homeland early because the situation had worsened in the wake of the recent military coup attempt. Torres told a press conference at Vancouver international airport May 23 that ‘‘the second stage of death threats had begun.” Torres, a labour lawyer who heads the trade union sector of the five- sector Guatemalan opposition — known as RUOG — said the creation Of two new death squads and the dis- appearance of two trade union lead- €rs on May 10 forced the opposition leaders to cut short their involvement in the National Reconciliation talks Sponsored by Guatemala’s nominally Civilian government. The previous week Victoria trade unionist Kevin Neish returned from the Central American country south of Mexico after accompanying Torres for seven days as an “unarmed body- guard.” Guatemalans have been addressing 17 commissions struck as part of the National Reconciliation talks brought about by the Central American peace accord known as Esquipulas Il. The talks take place under the aus- Pices of the three-year old civilian government of president Vinicio Cerezo. Butitis really the military that rules, Torres said. Situation in-Guatemala has worsened, exile says ¥ : v Rms et TORRES “We think that in Guatemala, there is still no democracy,” she told repor- ters. She called on the Canadian govern- ment to cease sending aid — $13 mil- lion recently — to the Guatemalan government, and instead distribute it through non-governmental organiza- tions. 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