(1) A republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable
(1) The capital of Guatemala
(2) For this magazine I went there and spent some time listening to ordinary Americans - as I have, in the past, to ordinary Guatemalans or South Africans.
(3) Natural disasters, war, poverty and the hope of earning large amounts of money have led thousands of Guatemalans to make the trip north through Mexico to the United States - usually illegally - and everyone has an uncle or a brother there.
(4) The stonework in the bathrooms includes floor mosaics, honey-coloured granite, green Guatemalan marble and white Calacatta marble.
(5) One anonymous reader misunderstood my instructions and suggested that Glass donate both his kidneys to an ill Guatemalan .
(6) Then some people started to get upset that the local cake makers had been forced out of business, and nobody was making traditional Guatemalan cake any more.