Economic Sanctions as a Double-Edged Sword: The Case of Guatemala's Nickel Mines
José Trabaninos and his uncle Edi Alarcón were arguing once again. Sitting by the cable fence that punctures the dirt between their shacks, surrounded by children's playthings and roaming pet dogs and hens ambling with the backyard, the more youthful male pressed his hopeless desire to travel north.It was springtime 2023. About 6 months earlier,