Street Cred

Guatemala's New Horizon

| April 14, 2011

Show Notes:

Guatemala's Nuevo Horizonte is a co-operative community founded in 1998 by former guerrilla fighters, two years after a peace agreement was made with the government, ending over 36 years of civil war.

Home to over 400 people, Nuevo Horizonte has started another revolution, an agricultural one that has redefined the region and brought life back into this poverty-stricken nation.

In this documentary, I speak with 31-year-old law student Selvin Mejia, who organizes Canadian student groups visiting the community. Also included are Nuevo Horizonte residents, 31-year-old tourism program operator Wilson Perez and 23-year-old business student Arnulfo Figueroa.