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...life that Erlick documents is indeed a fascinating one, and the author does a good job of showing the reader what kinds of sludge Flaquer had to wade through in her search for truth...
Finding Flaquer’s family members was also difficult. “It was hard to locate members of Irma’s family, but once I did, people really started to talk and to help,” Erlick said. “My investigation coincided with the 1996 peace accords, so it was really interesting to hear people talk. Everyone had something to say and it was really like a litmus test of public opinion...
...question remains, however, as to how strong the legacy of a single journalist can be. Erlick said she feels that Flaquer’s is very powerful. “My investigations received a lot of publicity, and there is now a street in Guatemala City named after her, as well as a UN scholarship,” she said. “In a sense, she’s almost become an Anne Frank type figure, she’s part of the Guatemalan public mythology...
...It’s important to tell people’s stories,” Erlick said. “And especially with someone like Irma Flaquer, who was from a country where human rights violations were not being widely publicized. As a journalistic figure, she is not that well known outside of certain circles, and was part of a smaller intelligentsia than in somewhere like Argentina or Brazil...
...real hope with this book is that people will realize that one person can make a difference in society, the way Irma did,” Erlick said. “As a subtext, I would hope that people would also realize that murderers should not be allowed to get away with murder...