LAIS and the Central American Studies Working Group are happy to invite you to the conversation with Baltazar de la Cruz Rodríguez, a Maya Ixil ancestral authority of Cotzal, Guatemala. He will be discussing the 2023 presidential elections in Guatemala and the country’s political state, along with the role that ancestral authorities and indigenous communities play in the current political landscape. This event will be taking place Friday January 12th, 11-12:30pm in the Dolores Huerta room, South Hall.