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Balancing the World is a collection of material from interviews with practitioners of Maya spirituality in Guatemala. Nine interviewees talk about the work of the ajq'ijab, or daykeepers. They explain how they cure and avert illness, perform divinations, communicate with the ancestors and do their part in balancing the world.
Given Guatemala’s record of human rights abuses, its legal system has often been portrayed as illegitimate and anemic. I Ask for Justice challenges that perception by demonstrating that even though the legal system was not always just, rural Guatemalans considered it a legitimate arbiter of their grievances and an important tool for advancing their agendas. As both a mirror and an instrument of the state, the judicial system simultaneously illuminates the limits of state rule and the state’s ability to co-opt Guatemalans by hearing their voices in court. Against the backdrop of two of Latin America’s most oppressive regimes—the dictatorships of Manuel Estrada Cabrera (1898–1920) an...
This work contains the third report of the Director of the United Nations Mission for the Verification of Human Rights and of Compliance with the Commitments of the Comprehensive Agreement on Human Rights in Guatemala (MINUGUA). It gives a detailed account of the work carried out and of problems and progress noted by the mission in fulfilling its order in the field.