Guatemala 2009

Throughout Latin American there exists a push for development that is sweeping across countries driven primarily by neoliberal ideas coming from the more norther and more capitalistic countries. This push which often comes too hard or in the wrong form can lead to divisions within the society. Dr. Thomas Klak mentioned two different countries with mirrored problems; in Oaxaca Mexico and Guatemala there exist social conflicts of land holdings between the government and the indigenous people.