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Language ArtsFebruary 25, 2015
A Volcano of Documents
How the discovery of police archives has altered the memory of political atrocities in Guatemala.
Peter Canby
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Environmental IssuesJune 16, 2010
Retreat to Subsistence
Could the introduction of genetically modified genes into Mexico’s landrace corns lead to their extinction?
Peter Canby
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Non-fictionSeptember 13, 2007
Getting Away With Murder
The brutal murder of a bishop and its violent aftermath exemplify post-civil war Guatemala’s descent into chaos
Peter Canby
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Climate ChangeJune 13, 2006
Heat Wave
As the planet warms and global catastrophe beckons, what changes are we willing to make to adjust to a brave new world? Tim Flannery and Elizabeth Kolbert seek answers in two provocative new books.
Peter Canby
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Drug War and Drug PolicyJuly 29, 2004
Latin America’s Longest War
In May, Jan Egeland, the United Nations Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs, called a news conference in New York to declare publicly what he had been warning people about for some time: that
Peter Canby
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Non-fictionOctober 24, 2002
More Bitter Fruit
Six years ago, in 1996, the government of Guatemala and the guerrilla groups it had fought bitterly for thirty-six years signed an ambitious set of peace accords.
Peter Canby