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NEWS ABOUT: Guatemala

Guatemala stories: 21 news summaries

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Abused Wife Wins
Political Asylum in US

Decision sets precedent for women fleeing domestic abuse

Oct 30, 09 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration has recommended that a Guatemalan woman who came to America fleeing horrific domestic abuse be granted political asylum. Rody Alvarado Peña's case has been in the courts since 1995 and lawyers say the decision will finally clarify the rules on whether abused women in foreign countries... More »

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domestic violence • asylum • Central America • Guatemala • domestic abuse • political asylum • women's issues

Cocaine Sub Nabbed
Off Guatemala

US Navy helps make biggest drug bust in Guatemalan history

Oct 23, 09 3:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US Navy and Guatemalan forces have seized a makeshift submarine carrying 10 tons of cocaine. Three Colombians and a Mexican crewman were arrested on board. The haul is the biggest drug bust ever made in Guatemala, which has become a major transit point for drug traffickers seeking to secure... More »

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cocaine • drug trafficking • submarine • Central America • Guatemala • drug traffickers

Guatemala Army Kidnapped, Sold 333 Children

Kids were adopted in US, Sweden, and Italy

Sep 12, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Guatemalan army stole at least 333 children during the country’s 36-year civil war, selling them for adoption in countries including the US, Sweden, and Italy, says a new government report. In some cases, the children’s parents were killed. “This was a great abuse by the state,... More »

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adoption • kidnapping • civil war • Guatemala

Nervous Peace Prevails After Peru Cops Quell Unrest

Curfew in place after clashes kill dozens of indigenous people, police

Jun 9, 09 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - An uneasy peace has returned to northeast Peru after 3 days of clashes between indigenous people and security forces that left dozens dead, CNN reports. A curfew is holding, and both police and protesters say they want to settle their dispute through nonviolent means. The leader of the indigenous rights... More »

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Peru • protests • Lima • curfew • Guatemala • Alan Garcia • protesters • Amazon rainforest • indigenous peoples • Alberto Pizango

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5 Dead in Honduras Quake; Toll Expected to Rise

Tsunami warning has been called off

May 28, 09 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Five deaths have been confirmed after the 7.1-magnitude earthquake that rocked Honduras and Guatemala early today. Four victims were children between 3 and 15, crushed under their collapsed home, Reuters reports. "There will be many more dead," said a Honduran official. Buildings in both Central American states... More »

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death • Belize • Central America • Guatemala • Honduras • earthquake • disaster

(Newser) - Guatemalan authorities have arrested an IT worker who urged others on Twitter to withdraw their money from a state-run bank at the center of a murder controversy, the Guardian reports. “First concrete action should be (to) remove cash from Banrural and bankrupt the bank of the corrupt,”... More »

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social networking • Internet • crime • bank • Guatemala • Twitter • Alvaro Colom • Banrural

(Newser) - A Guatemalan lawyer killed Sunday in an apparent assassination left behind a blockbuster legacy: A video accusing President Alvaro Colom of orchestrating his murder. Released at Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano’s funeral, the tape shows the lawyer explaining calmly that Colom had it in for him because one of his... More »

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murder • Guatemala • videos • Alvaro Colom • Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano • Khalil Musa

 Jewel of Maya Art 
 Unearthed in Guatemala 

Rare panels found in jungle city depict ancient legend of creation

Mar 12, 09 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Archaeologists reclaiming the Mayans' biggest city from the Guatemalan jungle have uncovered the oldest known depiction of the ancient civilization's creation myth, reports Reuters. The carvings depict the heroic twins of Maya legend emerging from the underworld surrounded by cosmic monsters. They appear on a pair of 26-foot-long panels at... More »

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archaeology • art • Central America • Mayan • Guatemala • ruins • archaeologist • Maya • El Mirador

 Welcome to Illegal Immigrant Air

De facto new airline shuttles aliens home

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... More »

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illegal immigrant • airline industry • illegal immigration • Guatemala • ICE

Many Hospitals Deport Injured, Ill Immigrants

Guatemalan man at center of benchmark case

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 ... More »

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

(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... More »

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

 Guatemala Suspends Adoptions 

Most babies going to US parents

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... More »

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adoption • Guatemala • foreign adoptions • baby selling

Wal-Mart Helps Farmers Grow, American Style

But Central American stores may ruin them first, critics say

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... More »

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

Child Nutrition Boosts Adult Income: Study

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

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... More »

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nutrition • income • Guatemala • developing countries

Foreign Adoptions
Down 15%

US families adopt fewer kids abroad due to
strict new policies

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... More »

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

3,700 Adoptions in Limbo

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

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... More »

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adoption • kidnapping • children • baby • coercion • Guatemala

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

Murders mar run-up to Sunday's election

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... More »

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drugs • crime • murder • Guatemala • Rigoberta Menchú • Manolo • election

As Felix Fizzles, Another Round of Floods Likely

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

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... More »

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Mexico • Nicaragua • Central America • hurricane • Guatemala • Hurricane Felix • Honduras • Hurricane Henriette

4  Dead as Felix Slams Nicaragua

Poor Nicaraguan Coast unprepared for Category 5 storm

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... More »

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Mexico • hurricane season • Caribbean • Nicaragua • hurricane • Guatemala • Hurricane Felix • Hurricane Henriette

Dean to Make Last Stand

Storm strong on course to return to Mexico

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... More »

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

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