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Guatemala, Mi Amor (Day Two): Knocking on the Door

By First Person Foreign on March 31, 2024

I hadn’t made it to my house when I saw a familiar face on the corner. She was holding a young hand, the eldest of Doña Cecilia and I couldn’t remember the father’s name.

“Y mi wachajil?” I shouted (and my husband?) “Ya se casó. Y busca amante!” (He’s married now. And…

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Guatemala, Mi Amor: Day Two (The Return)

By First Person Foreign on March 30, 2024

I watched the driver reach for the machete with his free hand as we careened across the InterAmerican Highway. With his hand clasping the wheel, he used the machete to push something unstuck. There we were, all the souls cast as involuntary dancers to the massive bumps and dips and momentum…

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Las montañas: Returning to Guatemala, 1

By First Person Foreign on February 26, 2024

So, I booked a trip.

I’ve been lucky to book so many before, but this one took some plotting.

All of the layovers on the US dollar looked egregious: red eyes on opposite coasts, or three layovers and a red eye in Texas. Red Eye in Texas is the name of…

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