Guatemala Is Not What The Media Would Have You Believe

What I witnessed in the last week demonstrates what good people Guatemalans are--and that we should be doing more to help them thrive.

Images from a week in Guatemala.

My wife’s best friend and former college roommate, Kerry, got married last Saturday in Antigua, Guatemala. Antigua was the first capital of Guatemala under the Spanish colonial powers, until an earthquake three centuries ago leveled most of the city. While it was rebuilt, painstakingly, the Spanish would then found Guatemala City in the belief that it w…