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      And to Barán, who left the town of El Palmar in Quetzaltenango for the U.S. in 1990 and regularly returns to visit, the houses are a symbol of the trap in which Guatemala is caught. Dubbed "remittance architecture", the structures are built with money sent home by migrants. Many want more from the government, though, says Quique Godoy, a radio host and economist who discusses remittances once a week on his show on Guatemala's Radio Infinita. Barán, who worked as a hotel maid in Washington, D.C., during her early years in the U.S., sent her mother money for a "small, humble" house and to invest in local businesses, which Danny now runs. [Extracted from the article]
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