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 Welcome to Illegal Immigrant Air

De facto new airline shuttles aliens home

Wall Street Journal Wall Street Journal Oct 17, 08 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s a new airline in town, and it’s offering all the amenities: leather seats, ample legroom, free food, and impeccable service. There’s just one problem: Its passengers would usually rather not be traveling, the Wall Street Journal reports. Welcome to ICE Air, the de facto new airline born from the recent crackdowns on illegal immigrants. More »

More about:  airline industry • illegal immigrant • illegal immigration • Guatemala • ICE

Many Hospitals Deport Injured, Ill Immigrants

Guatemalan man at center of benchmark case

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

More about:  immigration • illegal immigrant • health care costs • Medicaid • deportation • Guatemala

 Baby-Stealing Charges
 Halt Adoptions 

CNN CNN May 28, 08 11:39 AM CDT
(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 »

More about:  baby • Vietnam • adoption • Guatemala • foreign adoptions • baby selling • baby snatching

 Guatemala Suspends Adoptions 

Most babies going to US parents

BBC BBC May 6, 08 10:38 AM CDT
(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 »

More about:  adoption • Guatemala • foreign adoptions • baby selling

Wal-Mart Helps Farmers Grow, American Style

But Central American stores may ruin them first, critics say

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

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

Child Nutrition Boosts Adult Income: Study

Guatemalan kids given supplement earn 50% more as grown-ups

BBC BBC Feb 1, 08 4:20 PM CST
(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 »

More about:  nutrition • income • developing countries • Guatemala

Foreign Adoptions
Down 15%

US families adopt fewer kids abroad due to
strict new policies

Associated Press Associated Press Dec 2, 07 5:11 AM CST
(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 »

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

3,700 Adoptions in Limbo

System is so speedy it's wide open to abuse, critics say

Associated Press Associated Press Nov 20, 07 5:38 PM CST
(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 »

More about:  children • kidnapping • babies • adoption • Guatemala • coercion

Dealers, Killers, and a Nobelist: Guatemala Goes to the Polls

Murders mar run-up to Sunday's election

Der Spiegel Der Spiegel Sep 6, 07 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Der Spiegel travels to Guatemala, where this Sunday's elections present an eye-opening array of candidates, from Nobel Prize winner Rigoberta Menchú to a less savory slate of cartel leaders, convicted murders, weapons smugglers, and at least one man accused of genocide. Guatemala's crime rate is sky-high, and now the candidates are criminals themselves. More »

More about:  murder • crime • drugs • election • Guatemala

As Felix Fizzles, Another Round of Floods Likely

Nicaragua, Honduras at risk from rain-laden remnants of hurricane

BBC BBC Sep 5, 07 6:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heavy rain from what's left of Hurricane Felix continues to fall in Honduras and Nicaragua, the BBC reports, and residents are struggling to prepare for "life-threatening" flash floods and mudslides. "Here it rains for two hours and the city floods," said the mayor of Tegucigalpa. "They're saying it could rain for 18 hours and we're preparing for the worst." More »

More about:  Mexico • hurricane • Guatemala • Nicaragua • Hurricane Felix • Central America • Honduras • Hurricane Henriette

4  Dead as Felix Slams Nicaragua

Poor Nicaraguan Coast unprepared for Category 5 storm

Guardian (UK) Guardian (UK) Sep 5, 07 3:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicaragua’s Miskito coast felt the wrath of Hurricane Felix yesterday, raising fears of catastrophe for the desperately poor swamp region. The rare Category 5 storm killed four before losing steam and switching to a Category 1 as it made its way toward Guatemala and Mexico, the Guardian reports. Regional officials described one town as “totally destroyed.” More »

More about:  Mexico • hurricane • Caribbean • hurricane season • Guatemala • Nicaragua • Hurricane Felix • Hurricane Henriette

Dean to Make Last Stand

Storm strong on course to return to Mexico

Miami Herald Miami Herald Aug 22, 07 9:16 AM CDT
(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 »

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

Hotel Snubs Nobel Laureate

Oooops: Five-star Cancun resort mistakes  Rigoberta Menchú for beggar

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

More about:  Felipe Calderon • Guatemala • Nobel prize • Cancun • Mayan

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