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FECOAR, the Guatemalan agricultural federation, is governed from the top. Gringo and Guatemalan developers establish the general policy that the Ladino (non-Indian mestizo) extensionists and managers apply to the regional cooperatives. Even though the co-ops are for the benefit of the Indian farmer, he plays almost no part in the decision making...
...FENACOAC is growing, the Guatemalan government is beginning to give the organization more recognition. The Guatemalan vice president and minister of finance were present at the last FENACOAC general assembly, while the president sent his regrets. In September 1973, the government publicized a $100,000 gift to FENACOAC, an obvious attempt to solicit votes for the upcoming March elections. The question remains how far the Guatemalan military government will allow the federation to develop in size and in representation before cutting off support...
...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...
...Peace Corps volunteer contributes needed technical aid in agronomy to the local communities. Very few Guatemalan agronomists will work with small farmers. They prefer working for private business with its higher pay and professionalism. The volunteer can actually accomplish more than the agronomist who makes only occasional visits because he lives in the area for at least two years...
When they have finished their term, some volunteers will extend their stay for one or two years more. Occasionally a volunteer will marry a Guatemalan and decide to remain indefinitely. Many of them realize that they prefer the rural way-of-life and will either buy land in Latin America or join an agricultural commune when they return to the United States. One volunteer was writing a novel and planned to work for a magazine in New York City while he tried to get it published. Another decided to get a job in the Caribbean and learn French. Those...