One under-reported aspect of the aftermath of Hurricane Stan is that Guatemala has become a little bit bigger at the expense of Mexico thanks to the re-routing by floods of the Suchiate river.
Ok, we're talking about a couple of hectares here and there, but for farmers in Chiapas who now find that half of their terrenos lie on the other side of the border, this looks like major grounds for a gripe. Still, chapines will snigger a bit, then recall that the Mexicans relieved them of the entire state of Chiapas in three separate land grabs perpetrated in the 19th century.
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