Gustavo Palma Murga is a researcher at the Association for the Advancement of Social Sciences, Guatemala City, and also at the Institute of Political and Social Research in the School of Political Science at the University of San Carlos. His research interests include formal education and its relationship with national identity. He is also engaged in research on agrarian issues in Guatemala.

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Accord Issue 2: Guatemala

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