But ever since a UN-negotiated peace accord between the military and leftist guerrila groups in 1996, Guatemala has been blessed, ostensibly, with a constitutional democratic republic.
Today, though, the same substance that initially brought murderous conquistadors to their shores—gold—is still responsible for a frenzy of exploitation that is visiting environmental, health, and cultural ruin on that country’s rural Mayan population.
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