Republican Rome vs. Guatemala: Why the Romans Built an Empire and We Are Still Tendering Roads

Let us imagine for a moment that the Roman censor Marcus Porcius Cato arrives in Guatemala, already at the peak of his public career. Not as a military commander, tribune, or senator, but as what he was in 184 B.C.: the magistrate responsible for overseeing contracts, customs, and the property of the Republic. He brings […]