Dreaming Big In Guatemala
Dreaming Big In Guatemala
5 Pages© FranklinCovey. Center for Advanced Research. All rights reserved. September 2007. Rev. August 2008 CENTER for ADVANCED RESEARCH Discovering and Documenting Greatness For thirty-six years, Guatemala, the ancient heart- land of the progressive Mayan civilization, suffered through a painful civil war. Death squads, peas- ant massacres, and battles between government and guerrilla forces left 200,000 people dead and an economy in shambles. Poverty, corruption, and distrust of institutions of authority were apparent everywhere. Finally, in 1996, in a peace process brokered by the United Nations, the warring fac- tions laid down their arms. Guatemala had gained a second chance for prosperity. The Challenge But in the four decades of chaos and fear, some- thing of inestimable value had
