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Thu24Jul2008

Stolen Vidas : Some Guatemalan Babies in the U.S. Were Stolen From Their Mamis

About a year ago, we wrote about some of the problems and attempts at solutions surrounding adoptions of Guatemalan children. Even after the passing a new law that imposed stricter standards on international adoptions, at least one baby, destined for... Read more »

Thursday, July 24 2008 | 18:12 H

Mon18Feb2008

Anti-Immigrant Groups in Denver Protest Actions of Guatemalan Consul

They say third time is a charm, but this wasn't the case for the Denver-based consul of Guatemala, that renewed passports and embassy identifications for its citizens living and working in Utah, Colorado and Nevada. Anti-immigration groups protested the... Read more »

Monday, February 18 2008 | 09:56 H

Tue15Jan2008

Guatemala Has a New President

Guatemala swore in a new president yesterday; Alvaro Colom, a social democrat, defeated a scary army general back in November, and officially began his term with a pledge to help the less fortunate of his country:"I thank God that Guatemala... Read more »

Tuesday, January 15 2008 | 11:07 H

Wed12Dec2007

Guatemala Approves New Adoption Law

I took some heat for my position on international adoptions in third world nations, specific to a story about Guatemala suspending international adoptions. Well yesterday Guatemalan legislators approved a new law that tightens adoptions, while allowing pending cases — mostly... Read more »

Wednesday, December 12 2007 | 08:06 H

Mon05Nov2007

Guatemala Meet Your New President!

Álvaro Colom beat out an army general proving that Latin American countries want more than just un gran macho to lead them. It doesn't get less macho than this guy. At least that's how the U.S. media is painting him.... Read more »

Monday, November 05 2007 | 08:58 H

Thu25Oct2007

Giving Birth in Rural Guatemala

Childbirth isn't an easy process for any woman, but an article I came across this morning highlights the problems women, mostly Indigenous women, face in rural Guatemala. Part of the problem is poverty, made worse by machista attitudes towards pregnancy... Read more »

Thursday, October 25 2007 | 10:40 H

Fri05Oct2007

Guatemala Suspends Adoptions

Let me come clean. I have problems with transnational and transracial adoptions. There, I said it. I think the system is racist on a number of levels. The president of Guatemala has some concerns too, leading him to suspend adoptions... Read more »

Friday, October 05 2007 | 06:42 H

Mon10Sep2007

Guatemala Elections: Runoff, Menchu defeated

While here in the U.S. we watched Democratic presidential candidates pander to Latino voters, voters in Guatemala were casting their ballots for president. 96 percent of votes have been tallied, and as per usual in Latin American elections, there will... Read more »

Monday, September 10 2007 | 18:12 H

Mon23Jul2007

Rights group demands Mexico look into abuse against Central American immigrants

Every year thousands of undocumented people pass into the U.S. through the border with Mexico, and not all of them are Mexican. Many begin their journey in their homelands in Central America, and in order to reach U.S. territory must... Read more »

Monday, July 23 2007 | 17:28 H

Tue15May2007

Are Mt. Kisco Police Killing Guatemalan Immigrants?

Rene Perez, a 42 year old homeless immigrant from Guatemala was found on a road in Bedford, N.Y. nearly dead on April 28th. He died shortly thereafter of internal injuries according to a medical examiner but the death of Perez... Read more »

Tuesday, May 15 2007 | 10:50 H

Tue13Mar2007

Maya do a wipe down after Bush visit

Much like how you would hose the garage down after Fido has an accident, some Maya activists in Guatemala said they would "perform a cleansing" after our President dirtied their sacred land with his presence during a visit yesterday, part... Read more »

Tuesday, March 13 2007 | 18:13 H

Mon12Mar2007

Bush and Chavez Dueling Tours Continue

U.S. President Bush continues his goodwill tour of Latin America. He hugged Lula, talked trade with Uruguay, and practically ran through Colombia as protesters burned U.S. flags. Today Bush lands in Guatemala where he plans to talk about poverty. Meanwhile... Read more »

Monday, March 12 2007 | 12:30 H

Thu22Feb2007

Rigoberta for President

While the U.S. is caught up in the Obama vs. Hillary for president game, many Guatemalans are celebrating the announcement that Nobel Peace Prize laureate and indigenous activist Rigoberta Menchu will run for president of their country:Rigoberta Menchú said Wednesday... Read more »

Thursday, February 22 2007 | 17:59 H

Wed07Feb2007

Fried Chicken and Floods in Jakarta

Jakarta may be underwater but that didn't stop Guatemalan chicken chain, Pollo Campero from opening its first Asian branch in the Indonesian capital. According to a press release ,the locale opened its doors in Sarinah, a historical department store in... Read more »

Wednesday, February 07 2007 | 14:28 H

Thu28Dec2006

Spain seeks to prosecute Guatemalan politicians

The Spanish government is looking to have several Guatelmalan ex-military rulers extradited to Spain and prosecuted for the crimes of genocide and torture, according to the BBC:Human rights groups want the seven - including two former military rulers - to... Read more »

Thursday, December 28 2006 | 12:13 H

Thu07Dec2006

Apocalypto Racist? No duh!

Looking to Mel Gibson's Apocalypto, set to open on Friday, as a source of historical accuracy regarding Maya culture makes as much sense as looking to this book for information about the Aztecs. Call me a judgemental, oversensitive woman of... Read more »

Thursday, December 07 2006 | 09:15 H

Wed14Jun2006

Guatemala: Another Juarez, Mexico?

Over the last five years at least 2,000 mujeres have been murdered in Guatemala. The majority of these women have been poor young women found with body parts missing including their breasts. So is Guatemala becoming another Ciudad Juarez, Mexico?... Read more »

Wednesday, June 14 2006 | 09:33 H

Mon22May2006

"OTM" immigrants "make like Mexicans"

Last week we told you that not everyone crossing the border from Mexico into the U.S. is necessarily a Mexican immigrant. Via The Latin Americanist, Reuters reports on the phenomenon of "OTM" ("other than Mexican") immigrants claiming to be Mexican... Read more »

Monday, May 22 2006 | 15:26 H

Thu04May2006

Salma and Juanes united against AIDS

Colombian rocker Juanes and Mexican actress Salma Hayek joined forces with actress Ashley Judd this week to raise awareness about AIDS in Guatemala:"I know that there is misinformation, that there is a stigma and superstitions that only contribute to the... Read more »

Thursday, May 04 2006 | 13:17 H

Tue18Oct2005

Kissing and Telling: LESBIRADAS

There are some things Latinos still don't speak about in public. Some aspects of our daily lives and identities are relegated to dark corners. One Latina in Guatemala is challenging the silence and coming to the U.S. to share... Read more »

Tuesday, October 18 2005 | 09:06 H

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