Xelaju and Quezaltenango
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An example of American men that are called heroes but are not, would be Former President Ronald Regan(movie actor), John Wayne ( movie actor)Charlon Heston (movie actor).
This is an odd piece of text.
The transcript of the interview begins with a complaint that education in Guatemala doesn't meet the needs of her people and that the nation imports too much education from other countries. Especially in agriculture. He advocates more education in agronomy.
Then he goes on to praise a Guatemalan who invented the air brake. And mentions a book of famous men of the United States but gives no hint about why he does. (Are there more Guatemalans there?)
Later, he comments about the emigration of many Europeans to Guatemala during the Napoleonic Wars (because the climate was similar - not to seek refuge?) and he claims that their culture has been assimilated by Guatemalens. (I have my doubts about how widespread that assimilation has been - many indigenous people's lives haven't changed that much over the past 4 centuries.)
Finally, he takes a swipe at the US by claiming that his nation's heroes are "meat and bones" unlike the EEUU's fictitious ones.
Yet the only "Guatemalan hero" he mentions by name is the one who made his fame by inventing the air brake after graduating from the University of Massachusetts.
But maybe I've misread the whole piece?
Which is probable.
I think he is lamenting that facts that Guatemalan children don't know notable figures from their own culture.I think the last line is the thesis, not the first. Carne here means flesh not meat . Interesting, but I would really have to know the cultural context to fully understand it.
Pues ahí está, dentro del Libro de Oro de Hombres Ilustres de EE. UU.
Gus, Can you translate this portion for me?
Thanks for the article. I have been to (and will be returning to) Guatemala, so I am always interested in anything related to that beautiful country.
