Guatemalan leader's visit to Russia delayed
Ria Novosti (Free subscription) | yesterday
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom's visit to Russia initially planned for late November has been delayed until a later date.
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The Annual Protest at the School of the Americas/Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation
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...
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Central America to demand billions in climate damages
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
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Latin America Digest: Today's one-line news briefs
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...
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Guatemala reopening international adoptions
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.
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Guatemala reopening international adoptions
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.
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Stop Trans Murders in Guatemala
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...
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Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of women
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.
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Guatemala: USAID provides $15 mln in response to food insecurity in Dry Corridor
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Date: 20 Nov 2009 Source: US Agency for International Development
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Serial liar to appear in Denver for PeaceJam!
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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Guatemala: Food crises threatens
Relief Web (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Date: 18 Nov 2009 Source: Action by Churches Together International
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Guatemala: Economic Blog by Mario García Lara
Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Guatemalan economist Mario García Lara blogs at El Economista Lúgubre [es], where he shares his thoughts about the country's economic and social situation.
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Danish man dies from wound in Guatemala mugging
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
A Danish tourist died Friday, two days after being shot by robbers who tried to steal his camera while he visited a cemetery. Police said two suspected gang members had been arrested.
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Danish man dies from wound in Guatemala mugging
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
A Danish tourist died Friday, two days after being shot by robbers who tried to steal his camera while he visited a cemetery. Police said two suspected gang members had been arrested.
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Danish man dies from wound in Guatemala mugging
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
GUATEMALA CITY -- A Danish tourist died Friday, two days after being shot by robbers who tried to steal his camera while he visited a cemetery. Police said two suspected gang members had been arrested.