The democracy development machine : neoliberalism radical pessimism and authoritarian populism in Mayan Guatemala They committed no crime : developing democratic memory Nos falta capacidad : training enterprising selves The capacity for democracy Radical pessimism : neoliberal democratic atmosphere Parties and projects : democratizing sovereign violence Cruel populism. Examines how democracy and development operate alongside violence as a governing assemblage and how this machine both articulated and derailed the struggles for empowerment of rural Mayas in Guatemala