Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala City requires all undergraduates, regardless of major, to study market economics and the philosophy of individual rights embraced by the U.S. founding fathers. (Rodrigo Abd / For The Times)
Unlike public universities in Latin America, protests and sit-ins at Francisco Marroquin, a private institution, are discouraged. (Rodrigo Abd / For The Times)
Tuition at Francisco Marroquin University runs $8,000 a year for some programs (more than three times the annual gross national per capita income), making it the priciest university in Guatemala. (Rodrigo Abd / For The Times)
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Some leftists decry Manuel Francisco Ayau Cordon as a lackey of the ruling classes, dishing up neo-liberal dogma to rich kids in a nation where a few powerful families still call most of the shots. Conservative elites chafe at his op-ed harangues about their cozy oligopolies and government protections. (Rodrigo Abd / For The Times)
