Subject: Central American children
From: Beatriz Manz <[email-masked]>
To: Mary Podesta <[email-masked]>, "[email-masked]" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2014 10:26:07 -0600

Dear Mary and John,
I made Harley finish his loco solo bike trip in Colorado and I came to rendezvous with him here.  We were thinking yesterday about Truckee, which we loved so much.   Any time your condo is free we just need 10 min. notice….We spent several days just outside Rocky Mountain National Park, then Aspen, now Boulder, tomorrow Berkeley.    The Rockies made me home sick for Chile.  

While I am supposed to be on vacation and relaxing, I got so upset at the debate over these Central American children that I just had to quickly write something and send it to Berkeley.  I have done research for decades in Guatemala.    

Here it is:
http://blogs.berkeley.edu/2014/07/11/putting-the-childrens-migration-in-context/

If either of you can think of a wider public or policy audience where I could submit something please let me know.   I would of course love to debate some ignorant big mouth as well.
Un abrazo,   Beatriz

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Beatriz Manz
Professor
Department of Geography
and Comparative Ethnic Studies
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720