Guatemala presentation shows many sides of country
Comments OffPresenters at a Guatemala-themed event Wednesday evening showed there is more to the country than the often-heard stories of poverty.
“Guatemala is moving forward; Guatemala is starting to do a lot of manufacturing and a lot of exporting,” said Maritza Gibbs, a Guatemala native who now lives in Luverne.
She talked of the country’s major production areas, [...]
Play tells Guatemalan women's stories
Volunteering for the Presbyterian Church in a poor community in southwestern Guatemala in 2003, Jennifer Kepler would invite local women to literacy classes, but many turned her down.
“Either their husbands wouldn’t let them come, or they didn’t think they could actually learn to read,” said the 33-year-old Kepler, who worked in Viente de Octubre, named [...]
Adventure Travel in "The Modern World" Guatemala
For many years the Mayan World has been a popular destination for adventure seekers. Early day explorers like John Lloyd Stephens discovered the region to be full of exciting surprises when he first stumbled upon great ancient pyramids in the early 19th century. Only forty years ago a visit to the now well known ruins [...]
Guatemala History IV
Comments OffOn 29 December 1996, under the government of Alvaro Arzu, the Guatemalan government signed a peace accord with the guerilla Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity. This signaled the end of Central America’s longest-running guerilla war. Peace came in phases beginning with an informal cease-fire in March 1996, along with the signing of the socioeconomic accord. The [...]
Guatemala History III
A militant rightist, Gen. Fernando Romeo Lucas García, was elected president in 1978. As guerrilla violence continued, there was also an upsurge of activity by right-wing “death squads,” which, according to unofficial Guatemalan sources, committed over 3,250 murders in 1979 and even more during 1980. In addition, hundreds of Amerindians were reportedly massacred during antiguerrilla [...]
