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In Comalapa, Matt was exposed first-hand to the brutal aftermath of the Guatemalan Civil War, a colonialism-driven conflict that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives \u2013 primarily lives of the indigenous Maya. Now, Guatemala faces additional cross-cutting challenges of environmental degradation and climate change. 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