Interview with Gustavo Meoño Brenner, 2014 February 21

Interview conducted in Spanish. Gustavo Meoño, Coordinator of the Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional (AHPN), discusses his life and experiences during Guatemala's Civil War and his current work in the AHPN and as former Director of the Rigoberta Menchú Foundation. In Part 1, Meoño details his childhood in Guatemala, his involvement with student organizations in the 1970s, and his eventual role in the Ejército Guerrillero de los Pobres (EGP) in Guatemala during the civil war. In Part 2, he describes his current role as Coordinator of the AHPN, how his previous work with the Rigoberta Menchú Foundation complements his current work, and the goals and aspirations of the archive moving into the future. This interview was conducted by Brenda Estela Xum Palacios, a graduate student in Latin American Studies whose research focuses upon indigenous pedagogy/educational reform and the history of the Guatemalan Civil War.