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‘We have to keep ... fighting for justice’: Guatemalans in U.S. will help choose next president

Both in Guatemala, a country wracked with violence, corruption and economic inequalities, as well as in expatriate communities in the U.S., the upcoming elections are stirring a host of anxieties. For Alicia Ivonne Estrada, a Guatemala native and professor of Chicano Studies at Cal State Northridge, they give rise to fear and mistrust deriving from her experience in 2019, when she went to the local consulate to vote but wasn’t allowed to cast a ballot.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-03-16/guatemalans-living-in-the-us-will-help-choose-guatemalas-next-president

Los Angeles Times

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