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Colonel Oliver
head of UN peacekeeping force stationed in Kigali; limited protection for the hotel; evacuates foreign nationals; represents criticism of international inaction; genuinely cares but is forbidden from UN from intervening
Dehumanization
Hutu people referred to as “cockroaches"; radio broadcasts fueling extermination of Tutsis; international indifference
General Augustin Bizimungu
Rwandan military officer; brutality and corruption of miltiary leadership; moral collapse of institutions during genocide; Paul bribes him into letting the refugees stay at the hotel
Georges Rutaganda
Rwandan Hutu militia leader; supplier for the hotel; organized systematic nature of genocide; radio broadcasts;
Hotel des Mille Collines
refugee camp (eventually)
Hutu
majority ethnic group; marginalized under Belgian rule
Interhamwe
Hutu extremist militia group
Jack Daglish
american journalist; power and limit of journalism; western perspective of journalists; evacuated
Paul Ruseassabagina
hotel manager; manages to save 1200+ people during genocide, negotiation with military leadership
Radio
propaganda, manipulation, fear, power of media
Red Cross (ICRC)
humanitarian efforts, limits of aid; individual acts of compassion matter even when institutions fail
Rwanda
before colonialism, ethnic categories weren’t so rigid; belgium stirred permanent division
Tutsi
major ethnic group; minority
United Nations
international authority; moral responsibility; limits of global intervention; racial and political inequalities