May Day!

This morning thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets to celebrate May Day, a world-wide commemoration of workers.

This year's march, through the streets of Guatemala City, was nothing short of massive. It'll be interesting to read the papers tomorrow and see how many men, women, and children actually participated in the protest. My rough guesstimate would be between ten and fifteen thousand people!

Despite a very clear rejection of CAFTA and other adverse economic policies of the Berger administration, the march itself was upbeat, creative, colorful, energetic, and righteously radical.

I'll be putting many more photos on the website in the next few days, so keep checking back.

Now, however, I'm heading home. I'm beyond exhausted. My eyes are so crossed that I'm seeing everything in 3-D. Besides, tomorrow is yet another big day here in Guatemala!

(That's called a teaser, folks!)