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November 4, 2009
Guatemalan Writer Jaime Barrios Peña Dies
October 26, 2009
Guatemala suffered 2,953 murders during the first 9 months of this year, a prominent human rights organization said Friday.
October 7, 2009
The Find: Amalia’s Restaurant in L.A. – Amalia Zuleta’s elegant refinements turn the rustic dishes of Guatemala into an urbane cuisine that’s a magnet for her longtime devotees.
Roots and Wings Dream of a Better Guatemala – Join their campaign to build a computer lab serving 500 youth
October 5, 2009
The political crisis in Honduras is having a crippling effect on trade in Central America, with Guatemala, El Salvador and Costa Rica losing millions of dollars of trade every day.
In Guatemala, drought leaves hundreds suffering from malnutrition
September 30, 2009
Police in Framingham, Mass., say an illegal immigrant from Guatemala entered a police station, told officers he had stolen another man’s identity and asked to be deported because he could no longer make ends meet in America.
September 17, 2009
Guatemalan army stole children for adoption, report says
Central America celebrated Tuesday the 188th anniversary of its independence from the Spanish crown amid widespread violence, a political crisis threatening democracy in Honduras and hunger and violence in Guatemala.
September 9, 2009
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared “a state of public calamity” late Tuesday to help mobilize funds and resources to confront a food shortage that will affect thousands of families.
September 3, 2009
Resurrecting the “Guatemalan Dream”
August 16, 2009
Guatemala: Educational Portal for K’iche’ Community
August 10, 2009
Top 3 Guatemalan police officials fired over drugs
August 3, 2009
Frontline on Postville Raid – Guatemala: A Tale of Two Villages U.S. immigration raid leaves lasting mark
July 21, 2009
Mexican Drug Cartels Spread Their Tentacles Into 47 Nations
June 29, 2009
Guatemalan journalists in jeopardy, lack support from authorities and media owners
June 24, 2009
Guatemalan church helps TrueNorth build Hispanic ministry – Augusta, Georgia
June 11, 2009
Bullets don’t stop Guatemala green activist – Yuri Melini was shot seven times by an assailant nine months ago. The outspoken champion of environmental causes has made many enemies, and gained recognition too.
June 5, 2009
Mexican drug gangs are moving operations to Guatemala, where weak law enforcement and deep-rooted corruption provide fertile ground, officials and analysts say.
March 19, 2009
The U.S. government knew that top Guatemalan officials it supported with arms and cash were behind the disappearance of thousands of people during a 36-year civil war, declassified documents obtained by a U.S. research institute show.
February 1, 2009
Guatemala’s government on Friday filed 3,350 criminal complaints accusing former soldiers, paramilitaries and others of human rights violations against more than 5,000 civilians during the country’s 1960-1996 civil war.
El Programa Nacional de Resarcimiento (PNR) presentó a la fiscalía 3.385 denuncias por violaciones a los derechos humanos cometidas contra la población civil durante la guerra civil que afectó el país entre 1960 y 1996. – Guatemala
January 28, 2009
Gregory Nava’s film ‘El Norte’ marks 25th anniversary – The movie, about two young Guatemalan immigrants’ struggle to reach the U.S., gets a special-edition DVD release from Criterion.
December 18, 2008
Dos exposiciones de fotografías simultáneas reflejan en forma emotiva y vibrante la inquietud social y política que conmovió a Latinoamérica en las últimas décadas. En “Cornell Capa: fotógrafo sensible” los trabajos expuestos datan a partir de 1953 en Guatemala, y hasta 1973 en Honduras. La segunda muestra es “Susan Meiselas: en la Historia”, y entre los países fotografiados figura Nicaragua, a quien dedicó mucho tiempo a partir de 1978 – NYC
December 8, 2008
Guatemalans on Sunday celebrated a beloved tradition: “Burning of the Devil.” Across the country, people lit bonfires and burned images of Satan as a way to symbolically cleanse their houses. For the first time, the minister of the environment had asked Guatemalans not to burn the devil.
December 7, 2008
Pueblo de Guatemala se llena de deportados de EEUU
December 5, 2008
Twenty-one Guatemalan immigrants told authorities they were abducted from a Texas smuggler’s safehouse and threatened, beaten and in some cases raped.
Going Home to Guatemala – The aftermath of an immigration raid. – (the Postville, Iowa raid)
December 3, 2008
Mexican and Guatemalan drug traffickers arguing about a horse race in a rural border town began a series of gunbattles in which 17 people died, police said Monday.
September 29, 2008
El gobierno anunció que enviará unos 1.300 soldados más a la frontera con México para sumarse a una fuerza que se encarga de impedir el paso de drogas, migrantes y contrabando entre los dos países.
September 9, 2008
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said Friday that government prosecutors are trying to determine who put microphones and video cameras in the presidential palace.
August 26, 2008
Guatemala: The Forgotten Spirits of Rabinal
August 14, 2008
A federal judge has decided to let 10 women return to their homes in Guatemala or Mexico three months after they were swept up in an immigration raid in Postville.
August 10, 2008
Robbers armed with machetes hacked a U.S. tourist to death and seriously wounded his wife in an attack aboard the couple’s sailboat in northeastern Guatemala
August 6, 2008
Blogante Essentials for Wednesday – August 6th, 2008
Ana Escobar plays with her daughter Esther Zulemita Rivas in Guatemala City, Tuesday, July 29, 2008. Escobar found her daughter, who was stolen from her in March 26, 2007, after 14 months of searching in hospitals, orphanages and police stations. Ester Zulamita is the first stolen Guatemalan baby found through a challenge of the mother-and-child DNA test results that are supposed to guarantee the legitimacy of each adoption.
August 5, 2008
Blogante Essentials for Tuesday – August 5th, 2008
A team of journalists supported by the PulitzerCenter is currently reporting from the Petén region of Guatemala
One forest, many interests – Guatemala
Yahoo! Telemundo Reveals the Summer BUZZ-worthy Searches for July
July 30, 2008
Guatemala’s attorney general stepped down on Tuesday after complaints he did little to stamp out violence in a country with one of the highest crime rates in Latin America.
July 24, 2008
Blogante Essentials for Thursday – July 24th, 2008
DNA tests for the first time have confirmed that a baby was stolen from her mother and adopted for profit in Guatemala.
Tighter border security and a broken-down rail line on Mexico’s southern frontier are prompting thousands of U.S.-bound illegal immigrants to head north through thick jungles controlled by violent drug gangs.
July 22, 2008
Guatemala: Forced Disappearance and the Search for Justice in El Jute
July 21, 2008
Raid on meat plant haunts town, sparks debate – Postville
July 17, 2008
Marketwire Launches NoticiasDigitales, the Newswire Industry’s First Real-Time Latin America Digital News Network; Exclusive Deal Guarantees News Publication on More Than 100 Leading Spanish-Language Websites
Metal Mining in Central America: Pain and Resistance
July 16, 2008
Gunmen kill Guatemalan prosecutor
July 13, 2008
An Interpreter Speaking Up for Migrants (from the Postville, Iowa raid) – Erik Camayd-Freixas – Professor of Spanish at Florida International University
July 10, 2008
Smugglers, poachers thrive in Guatemala’s Peten
June 26, 2008
Founder of Centro Hispano honored – Ingrid Guzman – Utah
June 19, 2008
Pan-American Life Achieves Ranking as No.1 Hispanic Business in Louisiana
June 18, 2008
Abandoned two-year-old is the poster child for immigration debate (Latina Lista)
Guatemalan moms face agonizing decision – new Guatemalan government effort to ensure that mothers really wanted to give their babies up
Not guilty verdict for ex-policeman accused of killing homeless NY Guatemalan immigrant
June 17, 2008
Latin American consulates to join forces in NY, NJ
June 16, 2008
Hispanic advocates denounce Rhode Island immigration arrests – Newport
June 12, 2008
Guatemala: Five Sentenced to 780 Years for Río Negro Massacre
June 11, 2008
Guatemala dam will bring money, misery
June 10, 2008
Las Vegas, ¡Aqui y Ahora! – Latin Performers Take Center Stage this Summer in the Country’s Top Tourist Destination
June 9, 2008
Leftist thinking left off the syllabus – Francisco Marroquin University is a bastion of libertarianism, drawing potshots from both sides of the political spectrum.
May 29, 2008
Conservative radio talk host Laura Ingraham welcomes daughter Maria Caroline – adopted from Guatemala
May 22, 2008
What will become of Postville’s undocumented students? – Iowa
May 20, 2008
Postville Latino community leaders ask, “What good comes from tearing so many families apart?” (Latina Lista)
May 19, 2008
Hispanic males learn kitchen survival (skills)
May 14, 2008
CPJ condemns murder of Guatemalan journalist – Jorge Mérida Pérez
Demand for Guatemalan Children Is So High, Baby Snatching Is Rampant
Did You Know? Children are big business in Guatemala, where international adoption is estimated to be a $100 million industry, making orphans the country’s second-most lucrative export after bananas.
May 12, 2008
Pollo Campero opens franchise in US Wal-Mart store
May 5, 2008
The Mayan Way – in Oakland
Chattanooga: Jobs attracting Hispanics to the South
May 1, 2008
Blueberries, Bullets and Blood-Soaked Bananas: The Violence of Free Trade in Guatemala
Heads They Win, Tails You Lose: Canadian Nickel Companies in Guatemala
April 30, 2008
‘Apoyando a Quienes Apoyan’ Begins Its Seventh Annual Award Benefiting Guatemala
April 28, 2008
Mayan immigrants face prejudice – Underlying discrimination within ethnic minority highlights major issue facing immigrant communities
April 25, 2008
Latino art fair to run – Chicago ARTEahora
April 24, 2008
TV Azteca Announces Net Sales of Ps.1,844 Million and EBITDA of Ps.533 Million in 1Q08
April 21, 2008
An Illegal Immigrant’s Legal Paradox – Paying Child Support Means Breaking the Law
April 10, 2008
Immigrant crawled over mountains, won lottery to find good life in Asheville, North Carolina
April 2, 2008
Illegal Immigrants Often Die Anonymously
Los Angeles clinic offers care for Mayas – Clinica Romero reaches a community that has generally been reluctant to seek Western treatment.
March 31, 2008
Jose Antonio Rodriguez Appointed New CEO of Digicel El Salvador
March 26, 2008
Spirit Airlines is carving out a niche in Latin America and helping drive air fares down.
TV Azteca Anounces Alliance with Latitud TV to Transmit its Successful Programming in Guatemala
March 25, 2008
Actor Luis Avalos to Speak at Benson’s “¡A Viva Voz!” Celebration – The University of Texas at Austin
March 14, 2008
LOS TIGRES DEL NORTE’s RAICES (‘Roots’) Will Debut At #1 On The “Top Latin Albums” Chart
