Guatemala 2009

Globalization Gone Wild will be held the week of April 6th!
Presentations are all at 7:30 pm in Laws 9.

The topics are:

Monday April 6
Guatemala 101: Bananas, Banks, and Bureaucracy

Tuesday April 7
Keeping Mayan Traditions Alive

Wednesday April 8
The Culture of Mines and Machetes: Dying for Gold

Thursday April 9
The Roots of Violence: Government, Gangs, and Narcos

Delegates are also offering individual classroom presentations (available in English and Spanish).
Please email Hollonla@muohio.edu if you are interested!

Juan Carlos Albarrán visited our class on February 19th to speak about immigration. This is an issue that affects not only people in Latin America and the United States, but all over the world. Juan Carlos first divided us into groups and then gave us a recent article about a specific issue in Guatemala. My group received an article about controversial adoptions that were taking place in the countryside of Guatemala.

Welcome to the blog for the 2009 Miami University Students for Peace and Justice Delegation to Guatemala!

Our delegation is preceded by a series of classroom lectures from professors from Miami. Guest lecturers include:
Elena Albarrán (Guatemalan History 1890-1954)
Tom Klak (Sustainability & Ecotourism)
Susan Paulson (Women's Issues)
Juan Carlos Albarrán (Immigration)
Jeanne Hey (History of Economics in Latin America)