I found out about the results of the election in Guatemala on my break yesterday in a maybe 500-word article at the back of the Times Colonist. Last month, it had come down to a runoff between Colom, a centrist (whose campaign photos made him look like a droopy-eyed puppy), and Molina, the most right-wing candidate and head of army intelligence ( Read more... )

Um, wow. That was... intense ( Read more... )

Guess where I am? If you guessed "Guatemala," you´re right. This is just a short email to let everyone know that I´m okay, and that I'm having a lot of fun on the Pilgrimage! (Also learning a lot.) Right now I´m in Huetzeltenengo, otherwise known as Xela, which is the second largest city in Guatemala. Tomorrow we leave for Sipakapa and Pie de la ( Read more... )

So I always do this thing where I'm not sure if I've mentioned things on LJ before I do them. But I'm going to Guatemala for two weeks on July 7th, with a group of about ten people, and we're going to volunteer building a community kitchen in a town called Sipakapa. So I won't be posting during that time ( Read more... )