2009 with good news from Guatemala

Guatemala - The news in the world are not very encouraging. A new war, more hate, more death. The world economy, which nobody really understands, is being "band aided" to for the benefit of public opinion.

Nobody knows what the year 2009 will bring. The oppinionators are opinionating as usual, according to whoever pays. A collective depression is at hand, the pharmaceutical companies are ecstatic. The best sales ever on antidepressants and anti- anxiety drugs are making them very happy.

But we at the Guatemala Times are starting 2009 with good news from Guatemala. Francisco Arredondo, the son of Dr. Francisco Arredondo, is out there in Dakar showing that Guatemalans are competing worldwide at the highest levels. He is racing the Dakar Rally on his motorcycle.

He is in the desert now, and we wish him well. He is number 40 of the general position table. The race is in full progress. By the way, he also conquered Mount Everest last year, the second Chapin to do so.

He is an example of what we can do in Guatemala we can make it, against all odds. We have mountaineers, equestrians, golfers, sailors, scientists, writers, filmmakers, who win first prizes world wide.

In this complex and squizofrenic country we have the best coffee in the world, we are the biggest producers of cardamom in the world, and we have the world's best marble, the best Rum, Zacapa Centenario. We also have some of the worst in Guatemala. So what! The same could be said for many other countries in the world.

We have to seek our own solutions, a Chapin solution. We have no other choice. And nobody is going to do it for us. So let's begin this New Year with a fighting spirit, we can do better, we will do better, it all depends on us.

We call upon you to join us in the good fight, fight for a better Guatemala, a better world.

Photos: Rosino and La Hora from: http://www.guatemala-times.com/opinion/editorial/674-starting-2009-with-good-news-from-guatemala.html