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After volcano eruption, Guatemalans lead their own disaster recovery

  • Written by Walter E. Little, Professor of Anthropology, University at Albany, State University of New York
Ivan Rodriguez and Juan Ortiz are still searching for relatives who disappeared in San Miguel Los Lotes during Guatemala's June 3 Fuego volcano eruption. The government's rescue mission has now ended.AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd

The Fuego volcano puffs smoke against a clear blue sky, as it has done for centuries.

Here in Antigua, 10 miles away, people go...

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