Guatemala / Trade
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A 5 page overview of Guatemala's past and current trade relationships, particularly the country's trade relationship with the U.S. and Latin American countries, and its new potential for direct foreign investment. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Guatrade.doc

How to Professionalize the Foreign Service of Guatemala
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This 24 page paper examines the foreign service of Guatemala, its current state, and how it can be improved. Professionalism is defined and examples are provided. How professionalism may be employed in a new paradigm for Guatemala's foreign service is the focus of this paper. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: SA628Gua.rtf

I, Rigoberta Menchu
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One word comes to mind when first reading the testimonial of Roberta Menchu and then seeing and reading the criticisms of her words: fear. This 10 page paper explores the concepts of human rights and justice from the perspective provided in the book, I, Rigoberta Menchu, An Indian Woman In Guatemala. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KTmenchu.rtf

RELIGION AND RITUAL OF THE MAYAN EMPIRE
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This 35 page paper gives an in depth analysis of the ancient Mayan religions, deities, culture, and current practices. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MBrelmay.rtf

Rigoberta Menchu
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A five page paper which looks at the controversy surrounding Menchu's autobiography, and considers the ways in which the text can be assessed in terms of experiential data, political polemic, and the structure of the slave narrative. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: JLrigo.rtf

Rigoberta Menchu And The Story Of All Poor Guatemalans
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The book, Rigoberta Menchu And The Story Of All Poor Guatemalans, was written by David Stoll, a Stanford anthropology student who has been studying the political plight of the Guatemalan people for more than a decade. This 5 page paper provides an overview of some of the existing debates about the accuracy of Stoll's perspective. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KTashiza.wps

Rigoberta Menchu’s Expanding Understanding of “Community”
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This is a 5 page paper discussing Rigoberta Menchu’s expanding understanding of “community”. Rigoberta Menchu, a Mayan born in poverty in Guatemala, probably did not intend to become an international spokesperson for human rights and global community responsibility but living in the oppressed poor population of Guatemala and seeing her family members killed by the government no doubt had a great impact on her perspective. Her father, a fighter for independence of the people of Guatemala was eventually killed for his beliefs and Menchu continued his battle. Her Mayan culture already had an open perspective of community responsibility in regards to the raising of children. This perspective of community was broadened to include the community of all of the people of her country through her education with Catholic Action which also provided her with the reading, writing and language skills needed to organize political action. Once in Mexico, Menchu realized the enormity of the oppression which existed throughout the world and her idea of community and global responsibility further expanded to include all those in the global community. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TJMench1.rtf