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  • Migrants' rights activist is leaving Mexico - Fox News

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    16 May 2012 | 2:12 pm
    Migrants' rights activist is leaving MexicoFox News1 and Nov. 30, 2011, the National Migration Institute, or INM, said in a report released earlier this year. The majority of the migrants - 41215 - were men and nearly half, some 23560, were from Guatemala, the INM said.and more »

  • Firestone Provides Update on Zinc-Lead-Silver Reconnaissance Program

    Guatemala News
    15 May 2012 | 8:21 am
    Firestone Ventures Inc. is pleased to announce further results from its ongoing zinc exploration reconnaissance program in the Central Guatemala Zinc District.

  • Paradise Lost, in Guatemala

    NYT > Guatemala
    13 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    On a lake in Guatemala, Joyce Maynard found her refuge — until nature decided to take it back.

  • US DEA Kills Innocent Civilians in Honduras -- US Media Silent

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  • Slaying victim's son: Killer still 'wandering around' Churchill Downs

    Guatemala: News & Videos about Guatemala - CNN.com
    10 May 2012 | 3:04 pm
    Wilson Perez believes his father's killer is one of the hundreds of stable workers who live and care for horses in an area known as the "backside" of the Churchill Downs horse racing grounds.
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  • Migrants' rights activist is leaving Mexico - Fox News

    16 May 2012 | 2:12 pm
    Migrants' rights activist is leaving MexicoFox News1 and Nov. 30, 2011, the National Migration Institute, or INM, said in a report released earlier this year. The majority of the migrants - 41215 - were men and nearly half, some 23560, were from Guatemala, the INM said.and more »

  • Victimization by government corruption important for coup support - Vanderbilt University News

    16 May 2012 | 1:29 pm
    Victimization by government corruption important for coup supportVanderbilt University NewsBelize, Mexico, Peru, Guatemala and El Salvador rank as the top most susceptible nations with more than 50 percent of those polled in each nation indicating support for a coup under conditions of perceived high corruption.

  • Guatemalan Mother to Ask US Court to Return Adopted Daughter - Fox News

    16 May 2012 | 12:40 pm
    AFPGuatemalan Mother to Ask US Court to Return Adopted DaughterFox NewsGUATEMALA CITY – The Guatemalan woman who claims that her daughter was abducted and later adopted by a couple in Missouri plans to travel to the US to ask a court for her daughter to be returned, despite the US State Department claiming it doesn't have Guatemala Mom to Ask US Court Help on Adopted GirlABC NewsGuatemala: United States refuses to return adopted girlSpringfield News-LeaderGuatemala: US refuses to return snatched girlKFDM-TV Newsall 202 news articles »

  • Top UN officials underscore need to combat organized crime in Central America - UN News Centre

    16 May 2012 | 12:29 pm
    UN News CentreTop UN officials underscore need to combat organized crime in Central AmericaUN News CentreIn his opening remarks, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pointed out that countries in the region – especially in the northern triangle of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – face rising levels of violence fuelled by transnational organized crime and

  • National Geographic & Trail Of The Ancients To Launch Comprehensive Four ... - Spatial News (press release)

    16 May 2012 | 11:06 am
    National Geographic & Trail Of The Ancients To Launch Comprehensive Four Spatial News (press release) Nevada), Tennessee River Valley (Smoky Mountains through Knoxville and south to Chattanooga and north Georgia), California's Redwood Coast, Lakes to Locks Passage (New York, Quebec), Guatemala, Newfoundland and Portugal's Douro Valley.
 
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  • Paradise Lost, in Guatemala

    13 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    On a lake in Guatemala, Joyce Maynard found her refuge — until nature decided to take it back.

  • Archaeologists Unearth Ancient Maya Calendar Writing

    9 May 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Inscriptions on a wall of what appeared to be a studio for royal scribes in Guatemala may date to the early ninth century, several hundred years older than the examples previously known.

  • POSTINGS | RECENT ENTRIES FROM OUR BLOGS

    19 Mar 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Paula Span The New Old Age blog describes the Elder Index, tool that allows the elderly to compute their basic total annual cost of housing, transportation, health care and food based on age and geographic location; Kevin Anchukaitis Scientist at Work blog describes his research into tree rings and drought in Guatemala.

  • Guatemala: Ex-soldier Sentenced to 6060 Years for 1982 Massacre

    13 Mar 2012 | 11:00 pm
    A former soldier was sentenced late Monday to 6060 years in prison for his role in the 1982 massacre of 201 Mayan peasants in the village of Dos Erres during Guatemala’s civil war.

  • ARTSBEAT; Arrest in Shooting Of Argentine Folk Singer

    13 Mar 2012 | 11:00 pm
    Colombian police arrest Alejandro Jimenez Gonzalez, who they say is responsible for the fatal shooting of Argentine folk singer Facundo Cabral in Guatemala. (M)/
 
 
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  • Guatemala: State of Siege Due to Hydroelectric Plant Conflict

    Renata Avila
    8 May 2012 | 9:51 am
    This post is part of our special coverage Indigenous Rights. The Guatemalan government has declared a state of siege in Santa Cruz Barillas, following demonstrations and clashes sparked by the death of a community leader who opposed the construction of a hydroelectric plant. Citizens from this community have been using blogs and social networks to report on the current conflict. Santa Cruz Barillas is located in Huehuetenango, one of the most culturally diverse areas in Guatemala, where members of at least four different indigenous groups live, and where Spanish speakers are the exception…

  • Guatemala: Community Leader Dies in Clashes in Santa Cruz Barillas

    Silvia Viñas
    3 May 2012 | 3:49 pm
    The blog Asamblea Departamental por la Defensa del Territorio- Huehuetenango [es] published an urgent statement about the death of Santa Cruz Barillas community leader Andrés Francisco Miguel and attacks on other community leaders who oppose the construction of a hydroelectric dam. Today, May 3, the BBC reports: “The Guatemalan government has declared a state of siege in the town of Santa Cruz Barillas following clashes over the death of a community leader.” Written by Silvia Viñas · comments (1) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit ·…

  • Internet Campaigns Invite Tourists to Visit Latin America

    Jon Lindsay Miles
    13 Apr 2012 | 6:43 am
    The people of Latin America boast of their land's fine and varied geography, with its beaches, forests and mountains; they are proud of the inheritance left them by the peoples who inhabited these lands in pre-Hispanic times, and which are standing today in the form of its archeological remains, the wonders of which are scattered all across the continent; and then there is the rich mixture of races and cultures that make up the modern cities of the region. But if this part of the world is so magical, why isn't it also the most visited? According to statistics of the most visited…

  • Guatemala: Photos of Holy Week in Antigua

    Silvia Viñas
    9 Apr 2012 | 3:00 pm
    AntiguaDailyPhoto posts a slideshow with photos of Holy Week in Antigua, Guatemala taken by Leonel [Nelo] Mijangos. Written by Silvia Viñas · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper

  • Guatemala: Indigenous and Rural Communities March to Defend Their Land

    Silvia Viñas
    29 Mar 2012 | 9:44 am
    This post is part of our special coverage Indigenous Rights. Thousands of Guatemalan indigenous people and campesinos (countrymen) participated in a nine-day march to defend their lands, protest forced relocations, and call attention to other issues affecting rural communities. Cultural Survival explains: Organized by the Comite de Unidad Campesino, (CUC) [Committee for Campesino Unity] the march demands the attention of the State of Guatemala, as well as local, national, and international media to the issues facing the rural Indigenous and campesino majority of the country. The report…
 
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  • He Looks Just Like . . .

    Genesis
    14 May 2012 | 5:54 pm
    I think he looks just like Dominic. What do you think?

  • My Middle Child

    Genesis
    9 May 2012 | 9:39 am
    Dante was thrown violently into the position of middle child when Dominic was born and I think most middle children are resentful of the fact that they were once the baby. However, when Dante met Dominic one on one in the hospital and Dominic grabbed his finger, it was head over heels love. I kept waiting for him to get jealous and angry about the new baby . . . but it didn’t happen. He still loves Dominic just as much as that first day, if not even more, and he is constantly snuggling him, cuddling him, bringing him toys and loving on him . . . sometimes a little too hard, but loving,…

  • The Nightmare Cake

    Genesis
    6 May 2012 | 2:29 pm
    Birthday cakes are a big deal around here. The boys get to pick what they want for a cake and I do my best to make it. Granted, they have only been old enough to choose their cake theme for a couple of years, but it’s still a big deal. My mother did this for us and it was one of the big highlights of the birthday, along with a breakfast date with Dad and eating cake for breakfast. So, I’ve continued the tradition. Now, my cakes aren’t always perfect (ok, never, but they don’t care), but the boys still love the thrill of choosing the perfect theme for their cake.

  • Hmm, Maybe I’m Doing This Wrong . . .

    Genesis
    4 May 2012 | 8:31 am
    Found on Facebook.

  • BatBaby at Your Service!

    Genesis
    3 May 2012 | 9:36 pm
    Ah, the joys of having big brothers who like to dress you up like a superhero!
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    Guatemala Solidarity Network blogs

  • Goldcorp’s Legacy: Criminalization and Mining Resistance in San Rafael Las Flores

    Kevin D
    6 May 2012 | 3:02 am
    “Clodoveo Rodriguez, better known as Don Clodo in his native San Rafael Las Flores, Santa Rosa, has lived his 78 years in the arid community. Since late 2011, his home has literally been fenced-in by the neighboring Escobal silver mine, a joint venture by Tahoe Resources and Goldcorp. Despite pressure from the Canadian mining companies to sell, Don Clodo refuses to leave his land. Kevin McArthur, former president of Goldcorp, founded Tahoe Resources in 2010.” This piece of photoreportage from James Rodríguez of MiMundo shows that it is not just the Western Highlands that is blighted by…

  • “The Scandal of Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean”

    Kevin D
    1 May 2012 | 3:39 pm
    “In Guatemala’s case, the insidious effects of inequality are clear. There can be no suggestion that the continued and increasing suffering of Guatemala’s poor – most particularly its indigenous population – is due to a lack of resources or institutional capacity. It is directly linked to the failure of the state to address critical tax and social spending issues to achieve even a moderate redistribution of the nation’s wealth. The elite has effectively wielded a veto over all attempts to reform.” A new report from Christian Aid titled, “The Scandal of Inequality in Latin…

  • “Dos Erres: the long road to justice”

    Kevin D
    23 Apr 2012 | 3:38 pm
    “Dos Erres: the long road to justice” By Louisa Reynolds I In 1979, Juan Pablo Arévalo dug a well in his land, unaware of the fact that he was digging his own grave. His son, Saúl Arévalo, 54, takes off his black rimmed spectacles, pushes them back to the nape of his neck and points to the place where the Arévalo well was located. Much to the community’s disappointment, water was never found there. Fifteen years after the well was built, in 1994, an Argentinean forensic anthropology team extracted one by one, from that same well, the remains of 162 inhabitants of Dos Erres,…

  • The Indigenous, Peasant and Popular March arrives to Guatemala City

    Kevin D
    5 Apr 2012 | 4:31 pm
    “After 9 days and 212 kilometers, the Indigenous, Campesino and Popular March for the defense of Mother Earth, against evictions, criminalization, and in favor of Integrated Rural Development, arrived to the center of the Capital City. According to members of the Committee for Campesino Unity (CUC), it is estimated that about 15,000 people participated in the ninth and final day of the march”. Here is another great set of human interest photographs from James Rodríguez of MiMundo. “The movement leaders have issued a press statement, “Declaration of the March for Resistance and…

  • Justice comes for victims of massacre

    Kevin D
    1 Apr 2012 | 11:18 am
    This article, by Louisa Reynolds, was featured on the Latinamerica Press website, and provides some good background to the story. Court sentences another soldier who participated in Dos Erres massacre. Maria Ofelia Gómez Hernández will never forget Dec. 6, 1982. That day she was preparing breakfast for her two young children in her small home in the village of Dos Erres, when five heavily armed soldiers ill-disguised as guerrillas busted through her front door. Dos Erres was located in the municipality of La Libertad, in Guatemala’s northernmost department of Petén. The soldiers threw…
 
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    Semillas de Amor

  • Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms!

    Nancy
    3 May 2012 | 2:58 pm

  • No More Cribs!!!

    Nancy
    29 Feb 2012 | 2:53 pm
    Semillas de Amor has an uprising on our hands! The little ones have outgrown their cribs, they have been in them since birth, and some of the kids are 5 years old. They have demanded beds and like any good mama I am helping them to get beds. However, unlike most moms I need to [...]

  • The Importance of Celebrations

    Nancy
    22 Feb 2012 | 11:27 am
    Celebrations are an important part of childhood. Celebrations build family memories. The children at Semillas de Amor do not have “typical families”. The children are part of a large family, 25 brothers and sisters. Sometimes being one of 25 can be overwhelming and a child’s identity gets lost amongst the group. We work very hard [...]

  • School is in Session!

    Nancy
    20 Jan 2012 | 10:58 am
    School is in session, oh wait, school is always in session at Semillas de Amor.  However, mid January started the new school year in Guatemala.  At Semillas the kids go to school year round, from 8am to 4PM, other than academics, the kids take swimming, music and art lessons. They have a very busy schedule [...]

  • The Semillas de Amor Kids Pay it Forward!

    Nancy
    9 Jan 2012 | 10:38 am
    Our children at Semillas de Amor are so fortunate. Because of the generosity of so many people our children don’t worry about where their next meal will come from, if they will have enough to eat, will they have the chance to study. We work very hard at fundraising in order to provide an environment [...]
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  • Análisis de Superficie 2012-05-16 00z

    neavilag
    15 May 2012 | 10:04 pm

  • Se forma Aletta, la primera tormenta tropical del Pacífico

    neavilag
    15 May 2012 | 6:57 pm
    Tal como se pronosticó por los modelos de intensificación se formó, la primera tormenta tropical de la temporada 2012 en el Pacífico. Aletta con vientos sostenidos de 65KPH se encuentra muy alejada de la costa y no amenaza a tierra. Actualmente se encuentra a mas de 1000 kms al Sur, Suroeste de Manzanillo en México Se monitorea una baja presión al sur de Centroamérica.

  • Fuerte lluvias en el Pacífico de Mesoamérica

    neavilag
    15 May 2012 | 6:00 pm
    Fuertes lluvias producto de la interacción de bajas presiones al sur del Istmo generan fuerte convección en la costa Pacífica. Acumulados de hasta 60mm en 12 horas se han registrado en algunas partes del sureste de Guatemala. Imagen Satélite 5pm  http://climaya.com/imagenes-satelite/

  • Actividad tropical antes del inicio oficial de la temporada de huracanes

    neavilag
    12 May 2012 | 11:44 pm
    Empiezan a activarse los trópicos, tanto en el Océano Pacífico Oriental y el Atlántico, antes de los inicios de la temporada de huracanes en ambas cuencas. Actualmente hay dos sistemas activos, uno en el Atlántico Norte, al suroeste de las Islas Azores (92L), donde las condiciones son algo hostiles y las temperaturas superficiales del mar son bastante bajas, sin embargo solo le falta producir un poco más de convección profunda para que sea catalogada como una posible tormenta subtropical, este sistema cuenta con 36 horas para intensificarse antes que las condiciones sean aún más…

  • Centroamérica: Época Lluviosa estableciéndose paulatinamente en la región desde el sur al norte

    neavilag
    11 May 2012 | 10:20 am
    Calor en Fin de semana, lluvias incrementándose en el sur y hacia la otra semana Tal y como se informó en el pronóstico anterior, como parte de la época de transición, aumentan de forma paulatina las lluvias en Centroamérica, iniciando la época lluviosa sobre el sur de la Región y luego extendiéndose a los demás países hacia el norte. El fin de semana iniciará con mañana despejadas y aguaceros sobre el Pacífico Central y Sur de Costa Rica, así como sobre buena parte de Panamá, el Pacífico Norte de Nicaragua, Sur de Honduras, El Salvador y suroeste de Guatemala. Sobre el resto…
 
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    Mamalita - an adoption blog by Jessica O'Dwyer on Guatemalan adoption

  • Pictures from a service trip to Guatemala, part 2

    Jessica
    15 May 2012 | 12:14 pm
    Before leaving the subject of my service trip to Guatemala, I’m posting a few more photos of places we went and people we met. The orphanages we visited are privately (not government) run and funded, mainly by donations from individuals and families. Our trip was led by adoptive mom Leceta Chisholm Guibault, founder of  “Service Trips to Guatemala with Leceta,” aka “Team Ceta” (top row, far left), and Sandra Hurst (top row, third from left), long-time staffer from sponsor Orphan Resources International (ORI).  Several folks have emailed me with…

  • Pictures from a service trip to Guatemala

    Jessica
    9 May 2012 | 6:41 pm
      It’s Wednesday and I’m still struggling to regain my equilibrium after a 10-day service trip to Guatemala headed by adoptive mom Leceta Chisholm Guibault, affiliated with Orphan Resources International in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. Among other activities, we volunteered at an orphanage and neurological clinic, painted the exterior of a large building, hosted a Fun Run, and delivered food (lots of it–100 pound bags of beans and rice; sacks full of maseca to hand-make tortillas; more sugar than I would have imagined; and fortified powder to constitute a special…

  • On a service trip.

    Jessica
    1 May 2012 | 10:08 pm
    Hi Friends, I’m in Guatemala until Sunday on my first-ever service trip, borrowing someone’s internet access to write this. My attempts to post at least one photo failed, so I’ll try again later, or after I return. As always, thanks for reading my blog. I feel lucky and grateful to be here. xoxo      

  • Writing contest open to children from adoptive families

    Jessica
    24 Apr 2012 | 12:09 pm
    A friend on Facebook sent me a link to a writing contest that looks interesting. Called Young Writers for Adoption, the competition is open to youths who are adopted and/or their siblings.  The contest is broken down into age categories and involves cash prizes: Four age divisions: 10 and under ages 11-13 ages 14-18 ages 19-21 Cash awards for winners in each age division: 1st place =$500 2nd place=$300 3rd place= $150 4th place=$50 Entries can be prose or poetry; submissions may be up to 500 words. The deadline is June 1, 2012. There is no fee to enter. Click here for further details.

  • Flower fields. San Diego

    Jessica
    20 Apr 2012 | 2:49 pm
      For more than a decade, every April, I’ve driven past the ranuncula fields along the 5 freeway in Carlsbad, California without stopping, first when I was single and living alone and motored south from Los Angeles to visit family, and now, as a married woman in San Francisco, with husband and children in tow.   Last week, at the tail end of our April Spring Break visit, I told Tim and the kids I wanted to drive north on the 5 to Carlsbad, but this time, I actually wanted to get out of the car. After all these years, I yearned to walk through the 50 acres of blooming…
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