Guatemala: Tejiendo Paz Addresses Environmental Issues, Conflict and the Pandemic

Apr 28, 2020 | Janey Fugate
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TOTONICAPAN, Guatemala — Wearing the brightly colored skirt typical of Maya women in the Western Highlands, Nicolasa Grasiela Checlan held up a baton with a black tassel hanging from the top. The baton signifies her status as an “alguasil,” a leader in her community’s elected council of indigenous representatives known as 48 cantones, which has existed for nearly 200 years.