Under Mr Arzu, the war ended and the economy was, at first, relatively well run.
ECONOMIST: Guatemala��s democracy of chickens, rabbits��and locals
Arzu Yonak says she shopped out of boredom growing up in rural Ohio.
In the U.S. four full-time employees and five consultants work for Arzu from home and in pro bono office space.
Over the past 10 years, ARZU has employed 700 weavers from 7 villages, and 95% of the employees are women.
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In addition, the family gets a 50% cash bonus, provided that the members participate in educational and health programs offered by Arzu.
Thirteen hundred dollars in debt for daily expenses and her husband's funeral last year, she turned to Arzu and now weaves rugs.
Mr Portillo says that he would clear up Mr Arzu's unfinished business.
ECONOMIST: Guatemala��s democracy of chickens, rabbits��and locals
Duckworth was inspired to open her Rolodex and start an organization called Arzu, which means "hope" in Dari, one of the main Afghan languages.
An Arzu monitor checks every month whether children are attending school.
If Mr Portillo wins, it will be mainly because of the voters' anger with Mr Arzu's government (even Mr Berger has sought to distance himself from his mentor).
ECONOMIST: Guatemala��s democracy of chickens, rabbits��and locals
Neither has Mr Arzu managed to achieve some important goals of the 1996 peace agreement, such as raising pitifully low tax revenue, and reforming the electoral and judicial systems.
ECONOMIST: Guatemala��s democracy of chickens, rabbits��and locals
Also on the wrestling team in Delhi will be 23-year-old Craig Pilling, who was named British senior wrestling champion in 2006, Wrexham's Kiran Manu and the current Welsh number one, Damion Arzu from Newtown.
After a year of imprudent policies coupled with low world prices for the country's staple exports (bananas, coffee and sugar), Mr Arzu will leave Guatemala with high fiscal and current-account deficits, slowing economic growth, a sharp depreciation in the quetzal, weak banks and depleted reserves.
ECONOMIST: Guatemala��s democracy of chickens, rabbits��and locals
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