Feb 9, 2010
Source: History of Latin America II
This article details the link between Ipala, Guatemala and its emigres in the United States through its reporting on their annual celebration of the Day of the Absent Ipalans during the town’s “annual five day festival in honor of” their “patron saint, Ildefonso.” Many of the villagepeople who left the small rural Guatemalan village send money back to the village in order to improve the lifestyles and chances of the family members and friends that they left behind. Moreover, some villagepeople return to Ipala, using the wealth that they acquired to establish new businesses in their native village. As a result of the money that emigrated villagepeople have sent back to the village, inhabitants of Ipala have begun to enjoy a higher standard of living as well as attend Guatemalan universities and find better employment. In addition, the village has acquired several modern conveniences such as paved roads and the beginnings of an infrastructure sufficient to support and promote touristic interest in the area. As a whole, Montgomery’s article presents the American emigres from Ipala as hardworking individuals pursuing the American dream in order to save and enrich their native country in the hope that they or their children can return to it and succeed.
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Source: History of Latin America II
This article details the link between Ipala, Guatemala and its emigres in the United States through its reporting on their annual celebration of the Day of the Absent Ipalans during the town’s “annual five day festival in honor of” their “patron saint, Ildefonso.” Many of the villagepeople who left the small rural Guatemalan village send money back to the village in order to improve the lifestyles and chances of the family members and friends that they left behind. Moreover, some villagepeople return to Ipala, using the wealth that they acquired to establish new businesses in their native village. As a result of the money that emigrated villagepeople have sent back to the village, inhabitants of Ipala have begun to enjoy a higher standard of living as well as attend Guatemalan universities and find better employment. In addition, the village has acquired several modern conveniences such as paved roads and the beginnings of an infrastructure sufficient to support and promote touristic interest in the area. As a whole, Montgomery’s article presents the American emigres from Ipala as hardworking individuals pursuing the American dream in order to save and enrich their native country in the hope that they or their children can return to it and succeed.
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