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Why are so many Guatemalans leaving for the U.S.? My @NewYorker series, funded by @pulitzercenter, is abt life in the western highlands, which has been ground zero of the regional exodus. If you're just tuning in to the story at the U.S. border, you're missing most of the plot.
The first piece is about climate change and how it is driving mass migration from Central America to the U.S.: newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…
The second piece is about an epidemic of debt that's affected the whole region: If someone tries, and fails, to reach the U.S. once, the only way to pay off his debts is to keep trying: newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…
The third piece (and final one, for now...) is about psychology. As more and more people leave, how do you justify staying behind? newyorker.com/news/dispatch/…
