Guatemala Migrations

Summary: On October 13th, 2016, I attended a public lecture which was called Transnational Ruptures In A Time Of Impunity.This lecture was hosted at McMaster University. The lecture focused on Guatemala and their problems derived from mining, migration, and genocide. The lecture was ran byDr. Cathrine Nolin. Nolin, who is part of the UNBC, went on an educational missionary to Guatemala. Nolin is a social geographer who has won many prestigious education awards. She spoke about the history of Guatemala and how they were successful in their civil war. The plight of the civil war led them to have transnational and migrational problems. Nolin shared that Guatemala was rich with resources; thus, many big mining companies in the United States and
The ‘guerrilla military’ in Guatemala forced many to migrate away from their country. Nolin said that 2% of Guatemalan immigrants are in the United States and 95% is in Canada. Nolin did some research and reached out to these immigrants. The refugees begin to lose their culture; however, many women gained professions in their new country. Emigration in Guatemala is extreme because of the oppressed conditions. The rate is high because of the instability of Guatemala and Central
Nolin only focused on Transnational companies, especially Canada’s Fenix Project and she focused on the migration in Guatemala. Nolin spoke about the structural violence that took place in Guatemala. The power that the people had who were promoted in the mining factory was tremendous. The poor would ultimately suffer and no one would notice the suffering. The unbalanced power would lead to brutality but would be unnoticed. The mining security guards would abuse the poor and have fear over women and children. Nolin said the women would be gang raped by the elite workers from the Fenix company. This was unjust and Canada’s high court of law will get involved. The injustice because of this mining facility has created a chaotic community. The definition of Structural violence is a way of explaining social arrangements that put individuals and groups in harm’s way. The arrangements are structural because they are intertwined in the political and economic organization of our world; they are violent because they cause injury to people. Structural violence has been mentioned in my lectures and tutorials and I know that this violence is more communal base but ruptures peace. Structural violence is can usually go unnoticed in any society and in Guatemala it is truly