You may have noticed that the Guatemalan obsession with football got notched up a level this month. Or you may not have. The difference between intense and complete obsession is sometimes hard to spot. We are talking about a country where a crowd will likely gather to watch two kids kick a tin can around [...]
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The Polls Come In With less than a hundred days to go until the Presidential elections the campaigning is starting to heat up and the opinion polls are starting to appear. The company ProDatos conducted a poll to study voter intentions in the Occidente region (covering the departments of Quetzaltenango, Huehuetenango, San Marcos, Suchitepequez [...] by Diana Pastor If you’ve decided to hang around Guatemala for a while, chances are you’re thinking about getting a cellphone. The first thing to know is that there are only three companies operating here: Movistar, Tigo and Claro. Deciding which is best for you obviously depends on what your needs are and your budget, [...] Talking about Bowel Movements by Steve Mullaney At a dinner party with strangers it is considered to be in poor taste to talk about politics, religion, or the size/frequency/consistency of your bowel movements. That final suggestion does not seem to apply to Xela, however, as it seems that most anyone toting a backpack and [...] by Jed Herrmann XelaWho’s continuing series on Xela museums takes us a little bit farther afield this month- in fact all the way into neighboring Zunil. For those readers that are thinking, “Zunil, that’s going to involve a chicken bus isn’t it?”, be assured that this journey outside of Xela was not lightly undertaken. [...] When thinking of the general color scheme of Xela, it’s unlikely that the word “green” will come to mind. Cinderblock gray? Quite possibly. Dust-storm brown? More than likely. Deisel-exhuast-stained black? Well, yes. But the city’s green spaces are few, and judging by the recent chainsaw massacre of every tree over three feet high along Zona [...] by Jonathon Van Valin Isn’t this why people travel? To experience traditions lending insight and flavor to one’s local understanding while opening our minds to the pure truth of our shared humanity? I wouldn’t know. I’ve avoided such things. [...] by Steve Mullaney Jean-Paul Sarte´s No Exit is a three-person play about hell—specifically the way that people´s attitudes create hell for others. If this play were to be updated for Guatemala in 2011, the three people would be as follows: a teller at Banco Industrial, the woman ahead of me in line with a backpack [...] May ended with another poor score for Guatemala – the country was ranked number 125 out of 153 countries on the Peace Index by the Institute for Economy and Peace. Among the criteria were citizen safety, impunity and conditions that facilitate criminals. Social activists took to the streets to protest ex-President Portillo being absolved of [...] |
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