We salute Guatemala’s olympic athletes on our cover this month, designed by Rudy Girón. These 12 talented and committed men and women will be competing at the Beijing 2008 Olympics; stay tuned to local media for more about their achievements.

August is traditionally dedicated to Guatemala City’s downtown Historical Center. Starting with Sensuous Guatemala, a feast for the senses in the great square that is flanked by the National Palace and the Metropolitan Cathedral. Next up, The Time Tunnels of Zone One, a trip through four fascinating ‘pasajes’, along with a sentimental journey to those golden bygone days. The final homage to zone 1 is Portal to the Past, featuring El Portal, Guatemala City’s oldest and continuously-operating restaurant. If those walls could talk.

Within the ‘Ruins of La Antigua’ series is the not to be missed Mysterious Monument, the story of the Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza de Religiosa Capuchinas. Flashback: 1937 offers you a chance to guess which town the author is writing about ... “real estate sells from $2.50 an acre to $8.50 an acre.”

The Zen of Fin and Fondo is aptly named for we have come to the end of this popular column—at least for now. Our thanks and appreciation to writer Dwight Wayne Coop who, after some 55 The Zen of ... articles, would like to shift gears and introduce a new subject, beginning next month.

The August DateBook is jam-packed with events all month long; in El Salvador the Festival de Maíz (Celebrating Corn in Suchitoto) will be held on August 17.

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Revue Magazine August 2008

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This month’s cover photo by Jordan Banks honors the city of La Antigua Guatemala, once known as Santiago de los Caballeros de Guatemala. Celebrating its patron saint in July and the founding, as the third capital, of Spanish Guatemala, we are pleased to introduce a super-sized map for readers who pick up their Revue in La Antigua.

For our readers everywhere, we’ve added extra pages to accommodate even more articles; this month’s offering includes The Birth of a Telethon and how Fundabiem became a household word. The 2008 Telethon will be broadcast on July 18 and 19. Rock On! brings good news to rock lovers of all ages because the Museo de los Niños in Guatemala City has opened a fascinating and permanent mining/rock exhibit.

Next up is the La Antigua Biodiesel Project that recycles used cooking oil for biodiesel fuel, followed by I Care, We Care for Eye Care spotlighting a massive five-day optical-health fair in Panajachel.

We’re not done yet: the next installment in the La Antigua Ruins series, Awakened Sleeping Beauty focuses on the history and restoration of the Convent of Santa Clara; meanwhile, artist Rosamaría Pascual de Gaméz has finished her latest spectacular mural and you can read all about it in Images of Reality. For Zen of fans, all things must come to an end, the Zen of Q and A is the second-to-the-last in this very popular series.

As we are saddened by the loss, we celebrate the life of Stephanie Riegel, a Revue photo contributor and friend to many, in Border Crossing. Dr. Karmen Guevara debunks the Beauty Myth. And, finally, we have the El Salvador Travel feature, The Comasagua Mountain Range. We hope you enjoy this edition: with 20,000 in print monthly, it is also available worldwide online at www.revuemag.com

The fifth Feria Internacional del Libro (International Book Fair) will be held in Guatemala City from July 25 to August 3. This is such an important event we dedicated the cover photo to the president of the organizing committee of the fair and the founder of F&G Editores, Raúl Figueroa Sarti. It is also our pleasure to present, in Spanish, an interview with him by Esperanza Huerta.

Ruins Reborn recounts the incredible “life” of the Compañía de Jesús in Santiago de los Caballeros, now La Antigua Guatemala, and its illustrious native son Rafael Landívar, author of “Rusticatio Mexicana.”

Water Rights highlights the Ecofiltro, an effective and easy-to-use water filter system. At a cost of Q250, this compact device renders safe and refreshing water at a rate of one to two liters per hour. Imagine the possibilities! Zen of (Not) Knowing tackles two principal verbs ‘saber’ and ‘conocer’ and then there’s ‘ignorar’ ... read on. Next up in the on-going series Real Estate in Guatemala, To Register or Not to Register? brings up some pertinent issues and offers some valuable suggestions. In El Salvador, Going Green features an innovative eco-friendly tourist project at Barra de Santiago. For coffee lovers, Santa Ana regains its ‘Coffee King’ title, winning the honor of producing the best coffee in El Salvador.

DateBook for June includes listings for music, art, photography, theater, conferences, course work and films, plus information on how to vote for ‘Natural Seven Wonders of the World’ ... Lake Atitlán is on the list.
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May flowers, in this case an orchid on the cover brought to us by photographer Holger Tobuschat, and the celebration of Mother’s Day, May 10, seem a perfect match. We salute our moms and yours throughout the magazine with quotations devoted to mothers everywhere.

From May 29 through June 1 the Asociación Guatemalteca de Orquideología will host a show of these gorgeous flowers in La Antigua Guatemala. See DateBook for details. Other highlight activities include a new show at the Museo Ixchel, Evoking the Past: Indigenous Textiles through the Eyes of Painter Alfredo Gálvez Suárez and the celebration of the Month of Museum’s Casa MIMA, located in Guatemala City’s Historical Center. This features the work of 19th century Guatemalan miniaturist Francisco Cabrera and compliments the book presentation, Francisco Cabrera y el arte de la miniatura en el siglo XIX. In addition, other activities this month include art shows, musical concerts, theatrical performances and lectures.

Dawn Run at Hound Heights takes us on an exhilarating morning adventure with Martin Leadbitter; The Zen of... Master Dwight Wayne Coop delves into Mood and Movement, and he reports on the Lake Atitlán Bass Tournament Results; Carlisle Johnson weighs in with Building Locally and Archaeology Around Lake Atitlán; Tamalyn Gutiérrez highlights the Rotary Club of Antigua; Dr. Karmen Guevara explains how to go about Taming the Tiger; and in San Salvador, Lena Johannessen introduces The Finca El Espino Ecological Park.

As always, thank you advertisers, readers, friends and our amazing staff for supporting the efforts of this magazine. Happy trails until next month.