Word: guatemala
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...Yugoslavia and Cuba succeed in achieving independence? Why didn't their respective patrons suppress their independence movements, as they did in Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, Chile? Certainly the Yugoslavs and the Cubans were brave, certainly their leaders were astute. But Hungary and Guatemala had their heroes too, and Dubcek and Allende were certainly remarkable politicians. Answers based on countries' different political situations are bound to seem unpleasant, for they discourage belief in the imminent self-rule of all peoples in all situations; and with just two cases to go on, they're bound to be inaccurate as well...
...majority of Peace Corps volunteers are not knowledgeable of Guatemalan national-level politics, but they are intelligent. They perceive that the Guatemalan farmer has a very small share of the power and wealth in the country, and they work to increase his share of both. Government officials in Guatemala have often expressed unofficially the idea that Peace Corp workers are spreading Communism in the countryside...
Jane Baird spent two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Guatemala...
...society. A large percentage of volunteers joined the Peace Corps in the first place because they did not feel ready to commit themselves to a semi-permanent job or professional school. Some volunteers had joined the system and realized that it was too restrictive for them. One volunteer in Guatemala had been an executive for Dun and Bradstreet, another had been an executive for an advertising firm in Manhattan, another had been an insurance salesman...
...noticed and respected in the local community. He stands out because of his physical appearance. He has had more education than almost anyone else, and he receives a comparatively high wage. (The Peace Corps adjusts wages to the standard of living in the country. A volunteer in Guatemala makes $150 per month.) When he returns to the United States, his skills and assets, put in the context of the high level of training in this country, become minor and he has difficulty in getting a good job. Although the volunteer knows that he is capable, he often feels threatened...