LNL Summer: The Guatemalan baby trade

DEC 23, 202425 MIN
Late Night Live - Separate stories podcast

LNL Summer: The Guatemalan baby trade

DEC 23, 202425 MIN

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<p>The small Central American country of Guatemala has the dubious record of sending nearly as many babies and children overseas as China was. The whole adoption 'industry' was privatised, with little government oversight.</p><p>Guest: Rachel Nolan, Contributing Editor at Harper’s Magazine, Assistant Professor of International History at Boston University and author of ‘Until I find you: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala’ (Harvard University Press) </p><p>Originally broadcast on 8 August 2024</p>