Love For His People: Maoz Israel Report - Why Guatemala Said "Yes" to Jerusalem


February 12, 2018	Follow Maoz Israel Ministries

WHY GUATEMALA SAID "YES" TO JERUSALEM By Shira Sorko-Ram As featured in the February Maoz Israel Report Guatemala is a little paradise where the weather is always pleasant and the larger cities lie in charming mountain ranges. If that were not enough, this petite nation offers delightful beaches on both the Caribbean side and the Pacific Ocean. But Guatemala is also a corridor between Honduras and Mexico for drug trafficking. Guatemala's unpatrolled coastline and sparsely-populated jungles have made popular landing points for boats and planes carrying drugs from South America. Crime and corruption always bring misery to a nation's people and Guatemala has had her share. Events completely beyond Guatemala's control, such as Castro's Marxist revolution in 1959 in nearby Cuba, or a devastating earthquake in 1976, which left more than 20,000 people dead and 1,000,000 homeless, plus the present poverty of over half its 17,000,000 citizens—breeding more crime—have challenged every leader of this nation for more than a century. Continue Reading...