"Benz brings the reader face to face with the landscape, the
people, and the institutions of Guatemala. I am convinced that his
book will appeal to a general audience, to students entering the
field of Latin American studies, and even to people planning a trip
to that country. His insights into and observations of Guatemalan
society are invariably accurate and engaging." -- Pablo Medina,
author of Exiled Memories: A Cuban Childhood
Guatemala draws some half million tourists each year, whose
brief visits to the ruins of ancient Maya cities and contemporary
highland Maya villages may give them only a partial and folkloric
understanding of Guatemalan society. In this vividly written travel
narrative, Stephen Connely Benz explores the Guatemala that casual
travelers miss, using his encounters with ordinary Guatemalans at
the mall, on the streets, at soccer games, and even at the funeral
of massacre victims to illuminate the social reality of Guatemala
today.
The book opens with an extended section on the capital,
Guatemala City, and then moves out to the more remote parts of the
country where the Guatemalan Indians predominate. Benz offers us a
series of intelligent and sometimes humorous perspectives on
Guatemala's political history and the role of the military, the
country's environmental degradation, the influence of foreign
missionaries, and especially the impact of the United States on
Guatemala, from governmental programs to fast food franchises.
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