MSNBC report worth watching and reading
“Physical walls don’t stop people. We’ve witnessed this. But prosperity walls do.” Said by Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei in this excellent piece of reportage by MSNBC’s Ayman Mohyeldin. Read the article and watch the two video clips–all contribute to a deeper understanding of our current border crisis. What I responded to in the piece is […]
Covid-19 in Guatemala
Fear of Covid-19 has changed the way migrants returning from the US are received in Guatemala. Nearly 1/5 of the country’s 585 confirmed cases have been traced to deportees, many on the same US flight. Backlash to returnees includes threats of home burnings and lynching. One young man tells of a mob confronting him in […]