I was going to write about an indigenous community outside of Guatemala, but I just finished Naomi Klein’s excellent book, The Shock Doctrine, and the systematic destruction indigenous people’s way of life is still fresh in my mind. While I don’t have the book in front of me, I do have this handy link from PBS that covers the same basic information. I recommend picking up a copy of Klein’s book, if you get the chance. Also, watch the excellent documentary, Voice of a Mountain. You can watch the entire thing, for free, here.
Guatemala wasn’t always a country in ruins, where indigenous Mayans lived in poverty and were denied basic rights such as affordable education. Guatemala was once an egalitarian society where, under the rule of read more
