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Guatemala

An introduction to Guatemala, discussing the land, government, people, cultures and more.

Caminar

2014
Dissuaded by his mother from confronting soldiers who have murdered a neighbor in his 1981 Guatemalan village, young Carlos joins a band of guerillas in the hope of carrying a warning to his grandmother's mountaintop home.

Bitter fruit

the story of the American coup in Guatemala
1999
Presents an account of the overthrow of Guatemala's democratic government and its leader Jacobo Arbenz by the United States in 1954, based on declassified government documents and publications, as well as interviews with officials involved in the coup.

El lugar m?s bonito del mundo

1997
Growing up with his grandmother in a small Guatemalan town, seven-year-old Juan discovers the value of hard work, the joy of learning, and the location of the most beautiful place in the world.

Red midnight

2010
After soldiers kill his family, twelve-year-old Santiago and his four-year-old sister flee Guatemala in a kayak and try to reach the United States.

La tienda de mam? y pap?

2003
A little girl describes what a day is like in her parents' Chinese store in Guatemala City.

The art of political murder

who killed the Bishop?
2007

A life of their own

an Indian family in Latin America
1975
Examines the daily lives of a contemporary Indian family in a Guatemalan village.

Pascual's magic pictures

1996
Having saved enough money to buy a disposable camera, Pascual goes into the Guatemalan jungle to take pictures of monkeys, but the results are not what he expected.

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