Mmm...justice. It's such a beautiful word to hear and it even feels good to say it, but what does it really mean? It's a very vague concept. Justice isn't universal. Maybe in some matters it is (or at least it should be), but no...not really.

I don't know how to live day by day- I mean... like everyone, I struggle to be happy, to have a productive life, to follow whatever lifestyle feels right in the search of happiness. Small things, beautiful moments...make me believe -for a few seconds- that life is simple, and that it should be that way. But when I open my eyes to the world, to my country, all of that seems stupid and I feel selfish.

I can't (and I don't think anyone can) understand justice. I don't understand rights either. Sometimes it seems like they're contradictory. I don't think the world would be better off without them though. We need them, even if they're not perfect. Everyone has rights, right? Some rights you're born with and some you acquire. It seems logical that the first are more important than the second...but then again, not true. "Every human life is worth the same": NOT- it should, but in real life, it doesn't. We see it everywhere, everyday. Money, that's what really defines your life's worth. Your money, your nationality, your ethnic identity, your religion, your political views, your sexual orientation...

Guatemala is a country of contrast. It's been like this for centuries. Maybe since always. The human, social and civic rights of peasants and indigenous people have been walked on for so long that it has become "normal" to the eyes of millions of witnesses. I include myself.

When I saw this video on youtube I was able to finally place images to a very common event in my country. Evictions. It's a very complex subject...even my own dad has had to evict people from my family's property and I feel somehow guilty and very confused at the same time. If a land belongs to someone, that's it. Right? But it hasn't always belonged to that someone. It had to be bought. From who? Who owned it before?

I think the major actor to blame is the government. Politicians (not all of them, but sadly a lot of them) are corrupt and want power not to help people, not to help the country, but to help themselves get rich (or richer).

A lot of mistakes have been done, a lot of land was sold without considering the people who had been working and living from that land. Who's to say they don't have the right to own that land? What are you supposed to do when you have nowhere to live? No land to work? No way to feed your family?

Those are things the government should think of before selling the land and granting mining exploitation licenses to big national or international companies. There's nothing wrong with mining when it's done the right way. No corruption, respecting safety measures, no polluting, no violating labour and human rights, etc... but isn't the government supposed to protect its people and make sure everything's done the right way?

Those Guatemalans who are poor , ignorant, peasants, indigenous (mayas, xinkas, garifunas...) and socially excluded (gay, prostitutes, beggars, etc.) are completely defenseless. They're alone. Completely alone.

There's a lot of work to do. Guatemala will be a more equal, safe and properous country when we learn to work together... for us.