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  • August 2008

    • Many Hospitals Deport Injured, Ill Immigrants

      New York Times  |  Aug 3, 08 10:59 AM CDT

      Many Hospitals Deport Injured, Ill Immigrants

      (Newser) - The case of an illegal immigrant from Guatemala has called attention to a little-known, but common, practice at US hospitals: the deportation of immigrants without insurance. Injured in a car accident, the immigrant spent years at a Florida hospital before being repatriated by court order, the New York Times reports. An appeals court overruled the decision, stating that deportation falls under the federal government's purview. More »

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      immigration  • illegal immigrant  • health care costs  • Medicaid  • Guatemala  • deportation

  • May 2008

    • Baby-Stealing Charges Halt Adoptions

      CNN  |  May 28, 08 11:39 AM CDT

      Baby-Stealing Charges Halt Adoptions

      (Newser) - Guatemala and Vietnam, two of the most popular countries for international adoptions, recently halted their programs, following reports that some babies are kidnapped and put up for adoption or birth mothers coerced—fueled by the $30,000 an adoption can fetch. Vietnam says it will no longer allow adoptions to the US, while Guatemala will resume them only after slogging through a case-by-case review of pending adoptions. More »

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      baby  • Vietnam  • adoption  • Guatemala  • foreign adoptions  • baby selling  • baby snatching

    • Guatemala Suspends Adoptions

      BBC  |  May 6, 08 10:38 AM CDT

      Guatemala Suspends Adoptions

      (Newser) - Guatemala has suspended roughly 2,300 adoptions in an effort to prevent fraud, the BBC reports. The hold-up, for at least a month, will allow authorities to verify—using DNA testing if necessary—that each child is a legitimate candidate. Charges of baby-snatching and other fraud have prompted a crackdown on the adoption system that channeled 4,700 children to American parents  last year. More »

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      adoption  • Guatemala  • foreign adoptions  • baby selling

  • March 2008

    • Wal-Mart Helps Farmers Grow, American Style

      Los Angeles Times  |  Mar 9, 08 6:00 PM CDT

      Wal-Mart Helps Farmers Grow, American Style

      (Newser) - Wal-Mart is helping Central American farmers even as the chain threatens to render their mom-and-pop ways outdated, the Los Angeles Times reports. Thousands of small farmers are financially at risk, unable to grow produce that fits the US giant's supply chain—so Wal-Mart, Washington, and a Portland, Ore., relief group have kicked in more than $2 million to help. More »

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      Mexico  • Wal-Mart  • agriculture  • retail  • farmer  • Guatemala  • food industry  • Central America

  • February 2008

    • Child Nutrition Boosts Adult Income: Study

      BBC  |  Feb 1, 08 4:20 PM CST

      Child Nutrition Boosts Adult Income: Study

      (Newser) - Eating a nutritious diet as an infant has a significant effect on income later in life, a study published in the Lancet finds. Researchers looked at Guatemalan males over a three-decade period and found that those who had received a nutritious food supplement were earning close to 50% more per hour as grown men than those who had not. More »

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      income  • nutrition  • Guatemala  • developing countries

  • December 2007

    • Foreign Adoptions Down 15%

      Associated Press  |  Dec 2, 07 5:11 AM CST

      Foreign Adoptions Down 15%

      (Newser) - US adoptions from abroad have sunk for the third straight year, mostly because China and Russia have tougher policies, AP reports. A drop in adoptions from Haiti and South Korea have also added to the 15% decline since 2004. But a spike in adoptions from Guatemala, Ethiopia, and Vietnam have partly balanced the scales, experts say. More »

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      China  • Russia  • South Korea  • Vietnam  • babies  • Haiti  • adoption  • Ethiopia  • Guatemala  • foreign adoptions

  • November 2007

    • 3,700 Adoptions in Limbo

      Associated Press  |  Nov 20, 07 5:38 PM CST

      3,700 Adoptions in Limbo

      (Newser) - Thousands of Americans are caught in heartbreaking limbo as Guatemala debates new rules for its adoption system, the AP reports. US families await 3,700 kids, but Guatemala wants to regulate what many call a crime-ridden $100 million business that includes coercion and kidnapping. The US has asked for current adoptions to be okayed, but Guatemala claims that 1,000 cases already show problems. More »

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      children  • kidnapping  • babies  • adoption  • Guatemala  • coercion

  • September 2007
  • August 2007

    • Dean to Make Last Stand

      Miami Herald  |  Aug 22, 07 9:16 AM CDT

      Dean to Make Last Stand

      (Newser) - Hurricane Dean gathered serious strength in preparation for its final landfall in the Mexican city of Tuxpan later today, and its 90mph winds may increase further before touchdown. The storm smashed the Yucatan yesterday, then moved across the Bay of Campeche and its oil rigs, which were evacuated ahead of the storm, the Miami Herald reports. More »

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      Mexico  • flood  • storm  • Hurricane Dean  • Guatemala  • Yucatan Peninsula  • Bay of Campeche

    • Hotel Snubs Nobel Laureate

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 17, 07 11:01 AM CDT

      Hotel Snubs Nobel Laureate

      (Newser) - Staff at Cancun's five-star Coral Beach Hotel had egg on their faces after trying to throw out a woman in indigenous Mayan garb, assuming she was a beggar or street vendor. Turned out the person they tried to hustle out of their lobby was Rigoberta Menchu—Nobel peace prizewinner, Unesco goodwill ambassador, Guatemalan presidential candidate and indigenous rights activist, the Guardian reports, More »

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      Felipe Calderon  • Guatemala  • Nobel prize  • Cancun  • Mayan

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