Welcome to my exploration of the great country of Guatemala via the ever-wonderful internet and some carefully collected readings! Unfortunately a trip to Guatemala isn't within my time limit or budget so this blog will have to suffice.  In hopes of better understanding this very diverse country I will be filling this blog with facts and stories I found to be academically entertaining, or historically important (since it's for a class and all).    I will be highlighting the people, culture, history, past-times, crisis' and various other topics throughout the semester.  Enjoy!

Here's a video I found interesting about the 1982 genocide of nearly one hundred thousand Mayans by the Guatemalan government with the aid of the U.S, it may be a long video (25 minutes) but its worth a view.  I understand that it may not be the best video to open a blog with but it shows how these indigenous people are still being persecuted by other groups in recent times. This topic is definitely something I will cover more thoroughly in a future post.