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Is Cuatro Balam just an initiative or also a cultural reference?
Please take a look at our new Wikipedia entry on “Cuatro Balam” and feel free to edit and add more accurate content. One of the items we’re in discussion about is the origins of Cuatro Balam. Many people we talked with seemed to suggest that Cuatro Balam was not just an initative, but a geographic reference too, [...]
Are evictions the future of the Maya Biosphere Reserve?
On July 16, when Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom presented the Cuatro Balam plan for increased tourism and environmental protection within the Maya Biosphere Reserve, he showed the following video: The video invokes the wisdom of the ancient Maya, their superior knowledge of the heavens and the natural world. It goes on to paint a picture [...]
Communities and concessions
SAN FRANCISCO — One of the strangest things about Guatemala is how close it is to the US. And how easy to leave. In our plane, we effortlessly crossed the border where Mexico tries to keep the Guatemalans out, then cleared the wall the US is building to keep the Mexicans out. Just four and [...]