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[inaudible conversations] good afternoon, everyone. Welcome. Thank you so much for coming to this event. My name is i am the managing director of the hemispheric institute. And my colleague, hemi and bristol books are very proud to organize this book launch event for owes scar martinezs newly released and second book called the history of violence living and dieing in Central America. This work is hugely important for us at the institute but i think for public, englishspeaking public in United States, the circumstances of Central American refugee and migrants in their countries and in mexico and the United States are absolutely humanitarian crisis, with many, many dimensions. Oscars work and writing and Investigative Journalism is one of the key voices that is bringing the circumstances to light, and we are, again, honored and delighted to be able to host the launch of his book and have him here with us with some distinguished guests guest. Before continuing id like to hand it over to
And in the late 1970s, you make a decision, like a lot of kids, which is to take a road trip. And you take that road trip right into guatemala in a moment of civil war, essentially. Well, my fathers family. My fathers from a russian jewish immigrant background family from here in boston. But my mothers family in guatemala is an Old Fashioned guatemalan mestizo catholic very traditional guatemalan family. And i had spent a lot of time in guatemala as a child, the first couple years of my life, almost every summer, summer after summer. But then, as i become more and more your typical American Teenage kind of kid, i become sort of selfconscious about that. I want to fit in the way americans do. And i sort of begin to stay away from guatemala, i guess. I hadnt been down there probably since sixth grade or so. And sure, then in college one day with my friends, we didnt really have anything to do that summer. And one of my friends had a new ford mustang, and i said, lets drive down to guatem
And in the late 1970s, you make a decision, like a lot of kids, which is to take a road trip. And you take that road trip right into guatemala in a moment of civil war, essentially. Well, my fathers family. My fathers from a russian jewish immigrant background family from here in boston. But my mothers family in guatemala is an Old Fashioned guatemalan mestizo catholic very traditional guatemalan family. And i had spent a lot of time in guatemala as a child, the first couple years of my life, almost every summer, summer after summer. But then, as i become more and more your typical American Teenage kind of kid, i become sort of selfconscious about that. I want to fit in the way americans do. And i sort of begin to stay away from guatemala, i guess. I hadnt been down there probably since sixth grade or so. And sure, then in college one day with my friends, we didnt really have anything to do that summer. And one of my friends had a new ford mustang, and i said, lets drive down to guatem
Mexico city. Well bring you the story of a well known mexican writer as he chronicles his journey around the streets of the capital. We have the look at whats happening in business. Theres a shake up in the entertainment world. Battle between two media and film giants. Time warner rejects 28th century foxs 80 billion author. Will he back down or bring more money to the table . Its midday here in london, 7 00 a. M. Washington, 2 00 p. M. Israel where an official has told bbc there will be a comprehensive cease fire friday morning following talks in egypt. After ten days of fighting, israeli raids have left 227 palestinians dead. Hamas rockets have killed one israeli. A five hour long cease fire nearing the end now was agreed to allow gaza residents to stock up on food, water, other supplies. Both sides say the other side has broken the truce early. Israel saying three mortgagers were fired during the cease fire. Hamas reported theres israeli mortgager fire in the gaza strip. Lets bring