Guatemala

Propelled by high levels of violence and corruption, citizens of El Salvador and Guatemala have fled their homes, contributing to successive crises at the U.S. border. Now, the two countries are striking out on diverging paths to confront the root causes driving migration from their nations, and the rest of Latin America is observing their experiments in controlling a regional crisis. El Salvador recently re-elected a law-and-order president who slashed the world's highest murder rate by suspending civil liberties. Weeks earlier, Guatemala inaugurated a new president who pledged an anti-corruption campaign to end the power of the mafiocracy that has bled the nation. Other countries fed up with gang violence, from neighboring Honduras and far-away Ecuador, are considering the options these models offer. 

International Relations graduate students, Martha Hernandez Berrios, Rodolfo Revelo Flores, and Iris Hernandez Mejia share their research on the implications of these choices. Moderator: Prof. Juanita Darling.

In person and on Zoom

https://sfsu.zoom.us/j/84535102233?pwd=WHVSQTIrajFrclc2cE91czdrcTczdz09

Scholars, journalists and activists explain:

•Why Guatemalans are protesting

•What that means for emigration to the U.S.

•Actions to take

online at https://sfsu.zoom.us/j/87950447268?pwd=TUtsZitjeStOM2RaVHoxMUZ0dURoZz09

Panelists include:

• Norma Chinchilla, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, CSU Long Beach
• Ana Carpio, Guatemalan journalist 
• Gilberto Arriaza, Professor of Education, CSU East Bay
• Pedro Francisco, informed Guatemalan citizen.