Ferguson’s Law Arrives in Guatemala
Guatemala’s 2027 budget reveals a critical fiscal milestone: interest payments on public debt now exceed spending on health, security and infrastructure. This essay applies Ferguson’s Law to examine what that means for the country’s future.
Should Guatemala Follow Mexico? A Mirror We Cannot Ignore
Do you remember Demetrio? The man from the Alka-Seltzer commercials of the 1980s who, after a night of excess, would return home feeling miserable. Well, when Demetrio wanted to buy his Corolla in the year 2000, he needed twenty-seven months of salary to pay for it. That same year, a Demetrio in Guadalajara needed only […]