Shepherding, noble status and medieval style army roles, and the state’s weakness gave rise to a culture of honor. Values respecting masculine pride, public concerns and violence in response to provocations (injures to the extended family reputation or ingroup properties) were functional (eg. All...
70% of the Guatemalan population is of Mayan origin. Four million Mayas live in the highlands. The 1981-1986 army counter-guerrilla campaign produced an intense social impact: a) 50.000 adults (a large majority of them civilians) have been killed since 1980 in order to wipe out an estimated...