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15 May 14 - 07:29 PM (#3626307) Subject: BS: Guatemala From: Ed T Could Guatemala slip backward in time? Slow change in Guatemala |
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16 May 14 - 12:26 PM (#3626429) Subject: RE: BS: Guatemala From: Bill D My browser won't open NYT pages. Wants me to 'log in'. What's the main point? |
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16 May 14 - 12:35 PM (#3626430) Subject: RE: BS: Guatemala From: Bill D Never mind... another browser did. Seems to be a 'cookie' issue. The thread needs a more interesting title... like 'Guatemala & human rights' Then a summary: 'Guatemala's ruling classes use various means to prevent other classes from exercising rights.' |
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16 May 14 - 12:47 PM (#3626434) Subject: RE: BS: Guatemala From: Q (Frank Staplin) Easily. Or, should I say that it never really advanced. I became interested when I was staying with a coffee planter in Chiapas whose lands were adjacent to the Guatemalan border. His beans were picked by Guatemalan peasants who came on a trail across the mountains to the coffee plantation area. I visited a peasant village with "escort" and heard some of their problems. Everywhere, soldiers were present, their purpose to keep the peasants, mostly Indian-Mayan etc., under control. The land owners I met when I was orchid-hunting were well-educated, some from American-UK schools, but they regarded the peasants as a class whose sole purpose was to cater to their needs. |