1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgBarbara Belejackhttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/barbara-belejack/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ChKB9rtVGs"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/1063-editorial-myrna-mackpresente/">Editorial</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/1063-editorial-myrna-mackpresente/embed/#?secret=ChKB9rtVGs" width="600" height="338" title="“Editorial” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="ChKB9rtVGs" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> On September 11, 1990, a Guatemalan social scientist whose reputation extended far beyond the borders of Central America was stabbed to death as she left her office in Guatemala City. Trained in England, Myrna Mack Chang returned home in the mid-1980s, just after the height of the state-inspired terror in the countryside. She embarked on […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402