Trade Policy Review Guatemala 2009: World Trade Organization Geneva, April 2009
Reuters (Free subscription) | yesterday
LIVINGSTON, Guatemala (Reuters) - Descendants of African slaves who fled to Guatemala two centuries ago honored their ancestors on Thursday in a wild celebration of a culture threatened by mass migration to the United States.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | yesterday
A strong earthquake struck off El Salvador's Pacific coast Thursday, sending people running from buildings in this Central American nation and in neighboring Guatemala.
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
A strong earthquake struck off El Salvador's Pacific coast Thursday, sending people running from buildings in this Central American nation and in neighboring Guatemala.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday
SAN SALVADOR, EL Salvador -- A strong earthquake struck off El Salvador's Pacific coast Thursday, sending people running from buildings in this Central American nation and in neighboring Guatemala.
People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
President of the Central American Parliament (Parlacen) Jacinto Suarez said on Monday that the presidents of the Central American countries did not support Panama's request of withdrawal from the Parlacen. Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli had been making phone calls to his Central American counterparts to seek support for his decision to withdraw from the organization, but Guatemalan President...
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom's visit to Russia initially planned for late November has been delayed until a later date.
Alterdestiny (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Erwin reminds us that today is the day of the annual protest against the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHISC), formerly known as the School of the Americas. The name-change happened back in 2001, when the Bush administration realized the School's name had been associated with some of the worst crimes against humanity in the 20th century in the Americas. Rather than closing...
Dominican Today (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Guatemala City.– Central American nations will demand US$105 billion from industrialized countries for damages caused by global warming, the
L.A. Times - Latin America Blog (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Salvador, Brazil — Brazil’s President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday joined visiting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in calling on Israel to stop building new settlements in areas claimed by Palestinians. Bogota, Colombia — Six people, including two children, were killed when suspected Colombian FARC guerrillas stopped and set fire to a bus traveling in the south...
kansascity.com (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Guatemalan officials on Friday announced the resumption of international adoptions after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
GUATEMALA CITY -- Guatemalan officials on Friday announced the resumption of international adoptions after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold.
SexGenderBody (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Join the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) and OTRANS Reinas de la Noche in calling on Guatemalan President, Mr. Alvaro Colom, and other authorities to condemn and seek justice in the murders of Kenia Mayli, Jessica Andreina and Sabrian Garcia Cajas, as well as to take measures to prevent the murders of trans people in Guatemala in the future. Three trans women murdered...
Christian Science Monitor (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
In Guatemala, drug trafficking, gang violence, and a climate of impunity lead to widespread rape of women. At least 10,000 women were victims of sexual violence last year.
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Date: 20 Nov 2009 Source: US Agency for International Development
The Drunkablog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
And it's not Ward Churchill! No, it's Rigoberta Menchu Tum, the Nobel Peace Prize winner for her book about growing up in war-torn Guatemala, I, Rigoberto Menchu, which was shown to contain many fabrications , but is still taught in the kind of college courses we all know and love. The Post interviews Dawn Engle, co-founder of PeaceJam, an international education program based in Arvada that brings...
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