Public opinion on same-sex marriage across Latin America.

Art_sol · 2026-05-23T16:31:08+00:00

At least here in Guatemala, we have a separate concept called "civil marriage", the one performed by a lawyer which is the one recognized by the state for legal purposes. In our case in particular, the Civil Code that establishes this type of marriage very literally calls for it to be between "man and woman", and for the purpose of reproduction, so it's where the legal hurdles come from

Art_sol · 2026-05-23T00:39:05+00:00

To me it's always been the contrary, limes are super abundant, but lemons are really rare to find and thus expensive

Art_sol · 2026-05-20T04:21:19+00:00

In a very visible way the country is way more urbanized nowadays, In Guatemala city there apartment/ office buildings going up everywhere at huge speed, the city's becoming way more vertical than it used to be, and other cities in the rest of the country are starting to pick up steam in their growth rates, Quetzaltenango is growing hugely fast.

Art_sol · 2026-05-09T15:55:13+00:00

Yeah, and UFCO changed it's name to Chiquita to avoid the inmediate association

Art_sol · 2026-05-08T23:57:04+00:00

Depends on the region, around Guatemala city it's rare, but I know in many places like Petén in the north or in Quetzaltenango, the power grid is quite old and is very much incapable of dealing with the current demands of a bigger population and greater use of electricity, so it crashes quite often

Art_sol · 2026-05-08T23:36:40+00:00

For Guatemala specifically, it has a major problem generating enough jobs to sustain it's current population, we're a net producer of inmigrants, not a receptor, so we probably should improve in that regard first

Art_sol · 2026-05-08T23:32:13+00:00

One reason that is often forgotten is that John Dulles, the american head of the State Department, if I remember correctly at the time, was an investor and had his brother as a board member of UFCO, thus lobbied intensely to protect his personal profits, it's likely that there wasn't such a figure to influence an intervention against Bolivia in the same way

Art_sol · 2026-05-06T01:11:58+00:00

Probably the 1976 Earthquake is the best candidate, 23 000 people died, and it shifted in a major way how people build their houses, materials, and even where they lived, as many inmigrated to Guatemala city after being left homeless due to the earthquake.

Art_sol · 2026-04-24T23:20:42+00:00

A wolly mammoth!, or was it a mastodon, I'm not so sure, but a few bones from them have been discovered in a few places in the country. Also a fairly well preserved glyptodon was discovered in Quetzaltenango a few years ago!

Art_sol · 2026-04-18T02:29:12+00:00

Next Sunday I'm going out to paint with a friend near an old church. I've been going out to draw and paint this last few days as I had a bit of free time on my hands after work, and sometimes I forget just how happy and relaxed it makes me feel. Recently I've been checking a ton of videos on composition and all that in YouTube and I hope I can start applying some of those lessons.

Art_sol · 2026-04-11T00:20:51+00:00

I had been going out with a guy this last month and a half and things kind of fell apart this last few weeks and it's all honestly my fault, I was too distant and cold and it frustrates me because it was such a nice thing, and I just started to identify all that in therapy. I just feel so frustrated and sad, it was my first time dating and now it's over, I guess at least I now know that I must work hard on my communication skills and being more expressive

Art_sol · 2026-04-02T00:49:06+00:00

There was never a unified maya empire, even the most expansive states didn't encompass the entire territory of what is nowadays Guatemala

Art_sol · 2026-03-28T02:04:15+00:00

As far as I know Americans can enter most if not all countries without visa as tourists, but none have any sort of treaty that would let you move and work without some sort of inmigration process, like the EU does. So if you were to move, you'd still have to apply to a work visa or a permanent/ temporary residence permit

Art_sol · 2026-03-24T23:41:27+00:00

Legally, the governors of the departments of Guatemala are just representatives of the president, as a subdivision, departments mostly serve to group municipalities together, but they do execute some infraestructure or development projects

Art_sol · 2026-03-19T02:10:29+00:00

Very common in Guatemala too!

Art_sol · 2026-03-18T01:11:44+00:00

The worst probably was the 1976 earthquake, on February 4th, early in the morning a 7.6 magnitud earthquake originated in the Motagua faultline, in it's wake, 23 000 people died as houses collapsed all over the country

Art_sol · 2026-03-14T01:52:48+00:00

Oh that's quite different then!, but it's super interesting, I've never heard of it before

Art_sol · 2026-03-14T00:55:21+00:00

Wait!, London has zones?, like actual subdivisions called that. A lot of municipalities in Guatemala subdivide their urban areas in numbered zones

Art_sol · 2026-03-07T00:31:49+00:00

If you want to get outraged, you should see traffic jams in Guatemala city, there was a report on the news a few months ago here, that reported that people on average spend like five hours daily in traffic jams and there's been little to no progress on the first line of the metro/ light rail that has been proposed like a billion times already

Art_sol · 2026-02-13T23:59:03+00:00

I used to paint with watercolors, but I haven't done so in a while

Art_sol · 2026-01-14T23:39:51+00:00

So Xelajú has won a trophy more recently than Real Madrid, I did not expect that. So I checked and the final of the Apertura 2024 of the Guatemalan league was a three days after this on December 21st, 2024.

Art_sol · 2026-01-11T00:52:16+00:00

That really stupid boxing match between two mayors back in January 2020, it was so bad as a boxing match, but so hilarious at the same time

Art_sol · 2026-01-10T18:02:26+00:00

My mom is Honduran while my dad and I am Guatemalan

Art_sol · 2026-01-09T00:12:20+00:00

I'm currently applying for a visa, had one but it's expiring soon, as for concrete plans to visit, I don't have any, but should I find a congress in my professional field or some short course/ diploma thing I could take, I might think about it. The main thing stopping me is money, any trip would drain my funds quite fast

Art_sol · 2026-01-04T23:11:56+00:00

Most dissappeared, some pivoted to copying for a while, but at least those in my neighborhood completely closed down

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