What's ahead May 25, 2008
The video will travel through Central America and ascend to a height of 7,874 feet on Mexico s Chihuahua Pacific Railroad and visit ancient Mayan ruins, view the sugar cane fields and experience the colors and textures of the Guatemalan culture. The free program is sponsored by the Friends of the Library. (Coos Bay-North Bend The World, OR)
Foreign adoption rules frustrating area couples May 17, 2008
This case, like all adoptions there, is undergoing a second review by the Guatemalan government. After two false starts - a birth mother who changed her mind and a baby that died - in the past two years, the Malones most recent referral is now caught in the middle as adoptions grind to a halt there. (Florida Times-Union)
Foreign firefighters learn U.S. techniques May 9, 2008
Above, Guatemalan firefighters Miguel Angel Elias, right, Myhor Gonzalez Mendoza, center, and Lazaro Rolando Matta Cruz control a hose during a team challenge ... I speak Spanish and I am a firefighter, so we have some common bonds, Castillo said, adding he worked with the Guatemalan/Ecuadorian group since Sunday ... Before that, they didn't know what firefighting was, he said of the Guatemalans. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)
Clinic gives volunteer nurse intense education May 5, 2008
Compared with her previous volunteer work in a Guatemalan hospital and an Ecuadoran orphanage, Africa was more intense. She'll never forget one young girl. (San Francisco Chronicle)
King’s College celebrates Latino contributions to region with activities, exhibit Apr 20, 2008
Gereda, who is of Mexican and Guatemalan heritage, has some work in galleries in Austin and Houston. After Gereda discovered King s College has an altar carved by C. Edgar Patience, a little-known African-American artist from West Pittston, Gereda decided to put his work in the show. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Guatemalan gangs conquer the abused with abuse Apr 10, 2008
Published: April 9, 2008. To join one of Central America's fierce street gangs, Benky, a tiny young woman with heavy mascara and tattoos running up and down her arms, had to have sex with a dozen or so of her homeboys one night. (International Herald Tribune)
Latinos fear latest bust reflects poorly on their community Apr 7, 2008
duh wrote on Apr 6, 2008 9:55 PM:" If you are guatemalan and try to cross mexicos southern border illeagly the mexicans will shoot you lets follow suit! ". me wrote on Apr 6, 2008 10:09 PM:" I have never been one to believe that all hispanics are involved in drugs. I realize drugs take over people of all races. However, the scene that changed my feelings towards the hispanic population was when they marched in protest carrying the flag of their country, right down our streets in broad daylight.... (Longview Daily News, WA)
Guatemalan farmers group takes Belgian tourists hostage Mar 15, 2008
Farmers fighting for the release of their imprisoned leader took four Belgians, their Guatemalan guide and a boat operator hostage Friday, Guatemala's national tourist agency said. The Belgians two women and two men were taken captive in Rio Dulce, a tourist area about 155 miles northeast of Guatemala City, said Jose Roberto Goubaud, spokesman for the tourism institute. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Letters to the Editor - 2/27/2008 Feb 28, 2008
Every time my Guatemalan friend flashes his smile, I wonder how soon he may be able to trade all the gold in his mouth for a down payment on a house ... Every time my Guatemalan friend flashes his smile, I wonder how soon he may be able to trade all the gold in his mouth for a down payment on a house. (North County Times)
Infant Nutrition & Adult Earnings Feb 17, 2008
Infant Nutrition & Adult Earnings: The Lancet Releases Guatemalan Study ... The Lancet Releases Guatemalan Study ... John Hoddinott in Washington D.C. led the study that analyzed the data on 1424 Guatemalans. (Suite101.com)
A path in the darkness Feb 2, 2008
Rogerio Graetz, the autobiographical hero of The Long Night of White Chickens, is a Guatemalan-American with Jewish-mestizo features who investigates the murder of the woman he grew up with - she had been accused of running an adoption racket for Guatemalan orphans ... Linking a Guatemalan convent in the 1870s with a balloon factory in Massachusetts, The Divine Husband is about miscegenation in a world tied by trade and trysts. (Guardian Unlimited)
A Sister for Kate Jan 24, 2008
The Guatemalan government is debating whether to continue overseas adoption, Stroup said. Despite obstacles, adopting internationally will remain popular because it offers parents more freedom, she said. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
* Dengue Fever: the most infectious band Jan 21, 2008
"The underground people are getting hip to world music, and the world music side is getting hip to how you don't have to have a dreadlock wig and Guatemalan pants to be cool," said the bassist Senon Williams, sitting in his backyard with Chhom and Zac Holtzman. "Now that Nimol is going to start singing more in English," he added, "it's making new things possible for us. Nimol really wants to connect with the American audience more now.". (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Embracing their roots Jan 20, 2008
The Auburn couple has handmade, embroidered and beaded Guatemalan tapestries waiting to be tacked to the walls of their sons' playroom, which they hope to be entirely decorated in traditional Guatemalan decor ... They travel to Mexico every year for a family vacation, they celebrate Guatemalan holidays and festivals, and do arts and crafts. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Slamdance announces 2008 jury Jan 15, 2008
Jurists for the narrative and doc competitions include MicroCineFest director Skizz Cyzyk, IFP managing director Amy Dotson, Sidewalk fest co-founder Erik Jambor, Film Arts associate editor Laurie Koh, filmmaker Leah Meyerhoff, YouTube manager of film and animation Sara Pollack, "Guatemalan Handshake" director Todd Rohal, "Without the/ King" director Michael Skolnik and True/False fest co-founder David Wilson. Fireside chat topics include "Alternative Funding Methods for Indies," "New... (Variety)
Guatemala rights scientist honoured Dec 12, 2007
At this year's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Mr Peccerelli and his colleagues at the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) are being honoured for their commitment to using science to promote human rights ... His target was the country's indigenous Mayan population, whom he accused of sheltering guerrillas of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG). (Yahoo News -- Guatemala)
Guatemalans, Mexicans blending as families Dec 12, 2007
Their union represents an emerging demographic trend taking shape in Phoenix and other cities throughout the Southwest: Growing numbers of Guatemalan and Mexican immigrants are marrying and having U.S.-born children, creating mixed Latino families with ties to three countries at once ... "If you ask an Anglo, where is your family from, they'll say something like, my mother is Irish, my father is German and my grandfather was Norwegian. The same thing is happening to Latinos. One parent may be... (AZCentral -- News)
* No sex workers' rights, no nation Dec 11, 2007
It featured documentaries about a variety of subjects, including Columbian women going to Germany to work in the sex industry in order to support their families and Guatemalan sex workers who organized a soccer team in an effort to confront the discrimination and the violence they face in their work, and to prove the value of their existence in training and matches. Especially moving was the South Korean film Pink Palace. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Ancient Maya Marketplace Located, Challenges Views On Goods Distribution Dec 11, 2007
11, 2003) An unprecedented collaboration of archeologists, Maya villagers and Guatemalan authorities has resulted in the recovery of a magnificent Maya altar stone that was carved in 796 AD and sheds new light. (Nov. (Science Daily)
Is the once-ample American pie being reduced to crumbs? Dec 3, 2007
Piewhacket wrote on Dec 2, 2007 4:53 PM:" These people, all they ever do is whine about this or that or the other thing. Boo-Hoo-Hoo... I lost my job cleaning the sewars to an illegal alien who will actually work hard. Waaaa I lost my job picking lettuce to a Guatemalan who actually wanted it. I say this: America, love it or leave it! ". piewhacket to oh wrote on Dec 2, 2007 4:24 PM:" What a crybaby!!! ". (Lodi News Sentinel, CA)
About us00000551 Nov 27, 2007
In the course of reporting she has traveled to an ice camp at the North Pole, an ocean-drilling vessel in the Pacific, and an ancient Maya city in the Guatemalan jungle. She has a bachelor's degree in geology and the urge to hike past rocks whenever possible. (Nature News Service)
Post your comments Nov 6, 2007
War, poverty propel Guatemalans north ... War, poverty propel Guatemalans north ... He's one of 23 original Guatemalans to settle in Lake Worth after fleeing the Central American nation's 36-year civil war. (The Palm Beach Post)
War, poverty propel Guatemalans Nov 6, 2007
He's one of 23 original Guatemalans to settle in Lake Worth after fleeing the Central American nation's 36-year civil war ... Rosa Elvira Chub Choc (right), crowned queen in a pageant in Guatemala, takes part in the coronation of a local Guatemalan queen at the San Miguel Festival at the South Florida Fairgrounds on Sept. 29 ... He is one of the original 23 Guatemalans to settle in Lake Worth, give or take a few, after fleeing his country's 36-year civil war. (The Palm Beach Post)
Centrist claims win in Guatemala Nov 5, 2007
Guatemalan society is still dominated by the aftermath of the country's bitter and deadly civil war, which raged for 36 years until 1996 ... Some 30,000 Guatemalan police were on duty on polling day, with another 20,000 international observers in the country to ward against malpractice, the Associated Press reports. (BBC News -- Americas)
Illegalizing Illegals Nov 3, 2007
Zapeta, a Guatemalan illegal immigrant, spent nine years working as a dish washer and landscaper in the United States and managed to save $59,000 to take home with him to buy a piece of land and build a house. But all of the money was confiscated by U.S. security officials at Fort Lauderdale airport when Zapeta tried to fly home with the fruit of his labors. (Townhall.com)
Schools in Guatemala make learning a language an invigorating experience Oct 28, 2007
AEG is certified by the Ministry of Education and the Guatemalan Tourism Institute (Inguat), a status matched by only about a quarter of the city's schools, Mr. Celis said. It offers classes for any level. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Brothers inspiring others Oct 22, 2007
Rather, they hope to expose people here to the plight of the Guatemalan people, who are among the poorest in Latin America. "Our business is not tourism," said Jeff Berninger, director of international programs. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
U.N. ambassadors experience Meskwaki culture Oct 17, 2007
Oftentimes, indigenous groups' customs and cultures, like those of some Guatemalan tribes, are seen as backwards and not respected, he said. But visits like Monday's underline the importance of protecting those groups, he said. (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
Chvez: Indigenous Congress & UN Oct 17, 2007
Guatemalan indigenous activist Rigoberta Mench, winner of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, was one of the participants. The congress, Mench said, is a way of demonstrating support for the work of Bolivias leftwing indigenous President Evo Morales, who convened a constituent assembly to rewrite the constitution with the aim of achieving recognition of indigenous peoples cultural values, customs and right to land and self-determination. (Zmag.org)
Digging for Mayan secrets abroad Oct 2, 2007
Amid howler monkeys and jaguars in the Guatemalan jungle, some Boston University students are using wireless Internet and are being fed by cooks ... Students will stay with a host family during the first four weeks in Antigua, Guatemala, to learn about Guatemalan culture ... The students take day trips with Saturno to learn about Mayan culture and its influence on modern indigenous Guatemalans. (Boston University Daily Free Press, MA)
Latinos share stories, photos of heritage, traditions Sep 29, 2007
He was born in New York and is Hispanic with Guatemalan parents. One of his goals in sending an I-Report is to combat negative stereotypes that might exist about Hispanic people, he said. (CNN)
From Francisco Goldman, Guatemalan politics with a murderous backdrop Sep 28, 2007
As a novelist, Francisco Goldman has mined Guatemalan misery and magic, most notably in his semiautobiographical "Long Night of White Chickens," in which the protagonist investigates the murder of a young woman who was like a sister to him ... Goldman, whose mother is Guatemalan and who spent much of his youth in the country, explains the bishop's murder in the context of an unfortunate history in which well-meaning American support for military and intelligence operations helped create an elite... (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Uncover what violence begets in 'Art of Political Murder' Sep 17, 2007
For 19 years Guatemala was on the United Nations' list of countries with the worst human rights records, and though peace accords had been signed in 1996, at the time Gerardi's report was published, not a single Guatemalan military officer had been convicted for human rights violations ... A culture of impunity, born of 36 years of civil war, now fueled by drug money, has misshapen Guatemalan politics for decades, and neither the 1996 peace accords nor the United Nations-sponsored Truth... (San Francisco Chronicle)
The celebrated Guatemalan Rigoberta Menchú suffers a complex defeat at the polls Sep 12, 2007
The celebrated Guatemalan Rigoberta Mench suffers a complex defeat at the polls - International Herald Tribune. The celebrated Guatemalan Rigoberta Mench suffers a complex defeat at the polls ... Guatemala's Mayans are poorer and sicker than Ladinos, as Guatemalans with mixed Spanish and indigenous blood are known. (International Herald Tribune)
Why adopting in Guatemala is getting harder Sep 12, 2007
Casa Quivira: Guatemalan children sit at a children's home in Antigua ... They're trying to adopt two Guatemalan babies among 45 taken into custody in raid on a Guatemalan adoption home ... Critics, including adoption agencies and Guatemalan lawyers, say that tighter regulations will leave thousands of babies without safe homes in this Central American nation, in which 80 percent of residents live in poverty and the infant-mortality rate is one of the highest in the hemisphere. (Christian Science Monitor)
Reporters on the Job Sep 12, 2007
They don't want to risk running afoul of Guatemalan authorities. And there's a security element. (Christian Science Monitor -- World)
Guatemala: 2 Candidates Head to Runoff Sep 10, 2007
Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Guatemalan presidential candidate, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Mixco, Guatemala, Saturday Sept. 8, 2007, a day before presidential elections ... Guatemalans were also choosing 158 national legislators and 332 mayors. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
Guatemalans vote after violent campaign Sep 10, 2007
Rigoberta Menchu, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Guatemalan presidential candidate, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Mixco, Guatemala, (Moises Castillo / AP). Presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina, from the Patriot party, gestures before meeting with international election observers in Guatemala City, Saturday, Sept. 8, (Rodrigo Abd / AP). (Albany Times Union)
Meatpacking remakes rural U.S. towns Aug 19, 2007
Three of them speak Spanish, one boy speaks Vietnamese, the other boy speaks only Quiche, a Guatemalan dialect. Even as the schools spread American culture to newcomers, the immigrants reciprocate, infusing their schools with their own cultures. (Anchorage Daily News)
It can take a village to send Hispanics to final home Aug 19, 2007
In East Boston, for example, Hispanic businesses and restaurants recently put out small cardboard collection boxes to raise money for the funeral of a Guatemalan woman who was killed in a car accident in July. The Guatemalan Consulate in Providence sometimes offers financial support for Guatemalans in New England who cannot afford the cost of sending their loved ones home. (Boston Globe -- Local)
Guatemala's baby business Aug 13, 2007
Guatemalans too are tired of bad press coverage of their country: during the civil war it was their poor human rights record, and now it is adoption ... When she was pregnant she was kidnapped by a Guatemalan couple and locked up in their house until she gave birth ... Cynthia told me: "A lot of people here can't afford to keep their kids. For the moment it's in the best interests of Guatemalan children to be adopted. It's best for my daughter and best for us. This is the only way for us to have... (BBC News -- Americas)
Life Chronicles: Mimi Robinson lends helping hand to artisans Aug 12, 2007
There's a large map of the world next to Robinson's drafting table; a blown-up photo of a Guatemalan woman, radiant in her embroidered huipil (blouse); a Kyrgyzstani man's hat, collapsible and made from felt; a Kyrgyzstani child's hat, whimsically shaped like a yurt; a Mexican bean pot depicting scenes from a springtime youth ritual; alpaca weaving samples from Peru; and a heavy woolen kilt worn by men in the Guatemalan highlands. On top of a large dresser, there's a display of luminous pottery... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Yearning for 'authentic' travel leads to trend of geotourism Jul 28, 2007
Counterpart International joined with the government of Guatemala and Anacafe, which represents 75,000 Guatemalan coffee producers, to sign the geotourism charter. "People can go and visit these small farms and get to taste the coffee ... look at the farm and incredibly interesting machinery, but also learn about the local Maya culture as well," Lelaulu said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The politics of regret Jul 26, 2007
She also served in a Guatemalan refugee camp and has traveled throughout Mexico, Panama and Canada. For several years she ministered to the urban poor and rural populations of the US.. (Asia Times Online)
The real deal -- Yearning for 'authentic' travel leads to trend of geotourism Jul 22, 2007
A trip to a Guatemalan coffee farm would make for a different summer vacation, but could also could be considered geotourism, a relatively new term for travel that focuses on a destination s unique culture and history and aims to have visitors help enrich those qualities rather than turn the place into a tourist trap ... Counterpart International joined with the government of Guatemala and Anacafe, which represents 75,000 Guatemalan coffee producers, to sign the geotourism charter. (North County Times)
Albert: USSF 2007 & After Jul 12, 2007
We do it for the Colombian, Paraguayan, Guatemalan, Haitian, South African, Congolese, Liberian, Sudanese, Iraqi, Iranian, Palestinian, Pakistani, Indian, Thai, Malaysian, and Chinese exploited, robbed, starved, cheated, tortured, ambushed, kidnapped, and death-squadded. . (Zmag.org)
President Bush Participates in a Conversation on the Americas Jul 10, 2007
MS. PACHECO: I'm Guatemalan, and in Guatemala in 2001, there was a famine that occurred for the first time. There was a drought in these communities, and there was a coffee crisis. (White House News Releases)
Parenti/Muoz: Guatemala Gender Savagery Jul 9, 2007
In the last seven years, over 3,200 Guatemalan women have been abducted and murdered, with many of them raped, tortured, and mutilated in the doing ... From 1962 to 1996, a popular insurgency was defeated by that deranged murder machine known as the Guatemalan Army, trained, advised, financed, and equipped by the United States ... Guatemalan women are enduring the whiplash of decades of dehumanizing violenceboosted by the same kind of deep-seated sexism and gender-specific crimes (rape) that... (Zmag.org)
Petrona's makeover Jul 2, 2007
The girl who crossed the border desert into America, seeking liberation from her oppressive life in the Guatemalan highlands, learned that freedom is too often a mirage ... Meanwhile, they supported her desire to keep in touch with her Guatemalan family, her mother, sister and brother in San Miguel Acatan, her two brothers in Lake Worth, and even her father, who also lives in Florida ... " When the sadness flares up, Petrona does the one thing that never fails to snap her out of the darkness.... (The Palm Beach Post)
See Mayan ruins, scuba dive in Honduras Jun 29, 2007
Cop;n, with its superb collection of Mayan ruins from the second to the ninth centuries A.D., rests in a tranquil green setting just six miles from the Guatemalan border ... Cop;n, with its superb collection of Mayan ruins from the second to the ninth centuries A.D., rests in a tranquil green setting just six miles from the Guatemalan border. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Hoover student diagnosed with TB Jun 28, 2007
Doubtful my friend, Guatemalan or Venezuelan would be more like it. I'll bet you 30 bucks they were "illegals" too. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Fest focuses on rights Jun 14, 2007
The films - 21 features and three shorts - tackle subjects as diverse as the formation of a soccer team by Guatemalan prostitutes, an ex-U.S. Marines experience in Darfur and the election of Bolivian President Evo Morales. Here are some of the highlights. (Newsday -- New York City)
* Taiwan Quick Take Jun 10, 2007
DIPLOMACY Guatemalan leader to visit Guatemalan President Oscar Berger Perdomo said that he will visit Taiwan later this month as originally scheduled. Berger made the remarks in an interview with a Guatemalan newspaper that was published on Friday. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Taiwan)
Culture of impunityCrime and justice take centre-stage in Guatemala's election May 11, 2007
Official police figures for violent deaths would support his view: some 5,885 Guatemalans died by violence in 2006, 500 more than in 2005, and a 60% increase since 2003. The 2006 murder rate is higher than the average number of Guatemalans killed each year as a result of political violence from 1960 to 1996, when 200,000 died in a civil war between left-wing guerrillas and the military ... Recent figures from the Women's Committee of the Guatemalan Congress suggest things are getting worse. (BBC News -- Americas)
Cultural diversity May 5, 2007
Jensen organized the party, which included performances ranging from Scottish bagpipes to student choirs and food like Polynesian pork and Guatemalan fajitas made by natives of each country represented ... Avila s family also hosted a food station, making native Guatemalan dishes. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Thanks to an adoptive family and love, Guatemalan teen adjusts, matures Apr 29, 2007
By Missy Diaz South Florida Sun-Sentinel Posted April 29 2007. South Palm Beach -- Petrona Tomas loves pink. (Sun-Sentinel.com)
A great escape Apr 29, 2007
I had met some of Susie's family before, her Guatemalan side ... So when we disembarked in Guatemala City out the airport doors into a throng of Guatemalans, a rainbow of colors, ranching hats, and bags, I knew I was in an entirely different world. (Vero Beach Press Journal)
Rocket scientists, car customizers flock to buy used NASA parts Apr 8, 2007
When Carlos Guzman, a Guatemalan immigrant, took over the company several years ago, the financials were uncertain, he said. But President Bush's space initiative, which proposes to return to the moon by 2020, has helped spur new interest in old rocket parts. (Boston Globe)
Vivid Mayan textiles a study in cultural evolution Mar 30, 2007
Mel Gibson's violent film "Apocalypto" brought a version of the Mayan past to moviegoers, but drew the wrath of many archaeologists, including Mayan expert David Freidel of Southern Methodist University, who condemned it as a "big lie." And the modern Maya, after decades of repression, are making their voices heard -- even to the point of purifying the Guatemalan ruins of Iximche after what they called a "polluting" visit by President Bush. In the centuries that elapsed between that storied past... (CNN -- Travel)
WP: Linked killings undercut trust in Guatemala Mar 23, 2007
Three days later, four Guatemalan policemen were accused of the killings and arrested ... On Tuesday, the Guatemalan Congress overwhelmingly approved a no-confidence motion against Interior Minister Carlos Vielmann, whose domain includes prisons ... Guatemalan policemen killed them but were soon caught, in part because a global satellite positioning system in their car placed them at the scene of the crime, 20 miles outside Guatemala City, according to this version. (MSNBC -- International)
Labor Rights in Guatemala Aided Little by Trade Deal Mar 17, 2007
"The situation is the same now as it was," said Homero Fuentes, director of the Commission for the Verification of Codes of Conduct, a Guatemalan group hired by multinational companies to inspect local factories and plantations ... Guatemalan authorities said the American-funded programs did not tackle the root cause of abuse -- the power of employers to manipulate labor inspectors and judges ... "It's very widespread that if workers file complaints or try to organize a union, they can be... (Ocnus.net)
'Gorge' Bush applies diplomacy of the belly Mar 16, 2007
"I'm not going to talk too long because I might get too hungry," Bush told Guatemalan President Oscar Berger at a news conference earlier this week. Eager to get down to eating and having snuck a preview of the menu (tortillas with guacamole and beans), he reminded journalists they had only enough time to ask one more question. (Business Report, South Africa)
Getting away with murder Mar 9, 2007
More than 600 Guatemalan women a year are murdered ... Present for the panel discussion after the 7 p.m. free screening will be Guatemalan human rights activist Norma Cruz and Jorge Velasquez, father of a murdered university student. (Toronto Star)
Guatemala to Ask Bush for Drug Fight Aid Mar 6, 2007
In a case that has laid bare the extent of corruption in the Central American nation, FBI agents are trying to help discover who ordered the murders of three Salvadoran politicians and the Guatemalan police officers who said they were told to kill them. Guatemalan anti-drug policemen prepare 3300 kg of cocaine for incineration in Guatemala City, in this Oct. 8, 2003 file photo ... FBI officials met with Guatemalan and Salvadoran authorities last week to discuss the case of the three slain... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- World)
A Murder Spree in Central America Mar 6, 2007
Eight brazen and grisly murders three Salvadoran congressmen and their driver, and four Guatemalan policemen have shaken the two countries' governments and shed light on the criminal underworld operating with impunity from inside police forces ... Days later, four Guatemalan policemen including the head of the organized crime investigation unit were accused of the murders ... During that war, which claimed nearly a quarter-million lives, the Guatemalan military launched a scorched-earth... (Time.com)
