· July, 2009

Stories about Guatemala from July, 2009

Latin America: Vendors Aboard City Buses

  23 July 2009

The following scene may take place in any number of large cities across Latin America. A person, of any age, man or woman, steps aboard a city bus, provides a brief introduction, thanks the driver for granting permission to board, and then begins to pitch a product to the passengers along for the ride.

Guatemala: For Some Artists, Picasso was Wrong

  3 July 2009

Some Guatemalan artists are out to prove that Pablo Picasso's quote "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers" is incorrect. For many, computers and the internet are the answers to a lack of spaces and galleries for relatively unknown artists who want to showcase their work to a larger and global audience.