GraeterStefanie VtP Annotation: [Porky2]

Both in the essay intro and in this piece itself, some key details are missing. 1. Briefly, why has extortion and political violence become so prevalent in Guatemala? 2. Why are bus drivers such a common target? Also, ethnographically, I think we could use some discussion of what leads to the perpetuation of this problem-- it must be more complex than indifferent politicians (why indifferent?) and unethical (how so?) journalist. At times, the accompanying text feels sensationalist itself, not because these conditions don't warrant urgency, but rather because the language itself generates a sense of crisis without unpacking the complex dimensions of life and politics that generate this state of affairs.