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Originally Posted by one-zero
I own a home and have family in 'guate'...and speak from both personal/professional observation of this phenomena of self-loathing from Americans. The majority have no more than transient experience with the LATAM regions or populations which they later starting spouting leftist sound-bites about.
There is an entire sub-culture (industry) in LATAM that feeds off transient US students/travelers and dominates the areas these people are 'herded' within respective countries and the folks they are exposed to...it's usually a function of convenience as the groups provide the entree most Americans lack - Language.
Many feel they are getting an 'authentic' taste of the envronment and indigenous people when in actuality it's a gristmill the locals have had down pat for 20+ years.
As for our QP members (most who speak the language of areas they frequent) - we tend to avoid the above locales like the plague, as do many of the self-respecting citizens of those countries...while everyone loves a good conspiracy in LATAM, when you get to the root causes of failure/success in any given country it comes back to the inhabitants action/inaction regarding cronyism, nepotism, and other forms of corruption (and sheer incompetence) - not a superpower boogeyman like USA, Russia, China....the idiots in Cuba, Venezuela, and perhaps Nicaragua (word is Danny O. has seen the capitalist light - but is just using old FSLN soundbites for votes) have no one to blame but themselves.
As for Guatemala's situation...any gripes there reference USA are throwback ploys used to sucker the same folks that buy Che' T-shirts and attend Cindy Sheehan rallies - no substance.
It's an easy business to get into, and there's fresh meat every semester/summer.
salud,
1-0
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