applications for asylum, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture (“CAT”). To the extent we have jurisdiction, it is conferred by 8 U.S.C. § 1252. Reviewing for substantial evidence, Lim v. INS, 224 F.3d 929, 933 (9th Cir.2000), we deny in part and dismiss in part the petition for review. Diaz-Vicente testified that guerrillas in Guatemala wanted to kill his father because his father was a member of the military and that the guerrillas twice confronted Diaz-Vicente and threatened to kill him if they learned that he had lied to them about his father’s whereabouts. The record does not compel the conclusion that the threats against Diaz-Vicente constituted past persecution, or that the threats were linked to a protected ground. See id., 224 F.3d at 936 (<HOLDING>) (citation omitted); Molina-Estrada v. INS, 293
holding that threats standing alone generally do not constitute past persecution holding that harassment threats and one beating did not constitute persecution recognizing that although threats may serve as the basis for a wellfounded fear of future persecution tjhreats themselves are sometimes hollow and while uniformly unpleasant often do not effect significant actual suffering or harm holding that threats standing alone  constitute past persecution in only a small category of cases and only when the threats are so menacing as to cause significant actual suffering or harm  holding that threats to inflict financial or personal harm are not true threats where no ones personal safety is threatened