| Sumario: | This article focuses on the book *Until I Find You: Disappeared Children and Coercive Adoptions in Guatemala*, which examines the surge of international adoptions from Guatemala in the 2000s, when the country became second only to China in the number of children adopted abroad. The book investigates how coercive adoption practices, involving adoption rings, legal irregularities, and socioeconomic and racial inequalities, were intertwined with Guatemala’s history of state violence, forced disappearances, and structural repression. It reveals that most children adopted internationally were not orphans but were taken without parental consent amid extreme poverty and exploitation by brokers, lawyers, and social workers. The study highlights the complex social, racial, and political dynamics behind these adoptions and the ongoing struggles of adopted adults seeking their birth families.
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