Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of women Nov 21, 2009
Violence against women also has deep roots in Guatemalan society ... "Two or three years ago, you couldn't utter the words violence against women, or rape," says Dr. Pedro Rosales, a Guatemalan physician who heads up the government's new sexual violence project ... Facing accusations that it has ignored the problem, the Guatemalan government last year passed a femicide law. (Christian Science Monitor)
Guatemala Reopening International Adoptions Nov 21, 2009
(AP) GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Guatemalan officials on Friday announced the resumption of international adoptions after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold ... As a result, thousands of adoptive parents, most from the U.S., were forced to put their adoptions of Guatemalan children on hold - many after paying thousands of dollars ... Prosecutors suspect many of the babies in those cases never existed - that Guatemalan baby brokers registered false... (CBS News -- World)
Henry Ford's Jungle Book Nov 19, 2009
Grandin has been a longstanding critic in books such as Empire s Workshop and The Last Colonial Massacre, as well as in his work for the UN Truth Commission on the Guatemalan civil war. One might think that he would turn from such grim topics with a light heart to the description of Henry Ford s failed attempt to bring civilization to the Amazon in exchange for rubber. (The American Conservative)
North American Charity Stimulates Economic Growth in Guatemala Online Enabled by Shopster e-Commerce - Social Networking for Products Nov 13, 2009
CALGARY, Nov. 13 /CNW/ - In the chaos of a 37-year civil war, traditional weaving for women of the Maya culture had become a lost art. Shopster provides the building blocks we need to get online. (Canada Newswire)
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She worked with the White House kitchen staff to prepare a menu assorted finger foods, including Cuban roast pork, Puerto Rican pasteles, Argentine beef empanadas with red chimichurri, Guatemalan slaw and chocolate-cheese flan with hibiscus sauce. Earlier Tuesday, Longoria Parker, a star of "Desperate Housewives," and music producer Emilio Estefan met with other members of the National Museum of the American Latino Commission to discuss plans for a possible Latino museum in Washington. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Mayan Elder Tired of 2012 Queries Oct 13, 2009
In this photo taken Oct. 3, 2009, Guatemalan Mayan Indian elder Apolinario Chile Pixtun gestures as he pays his respects at an altar within the Iximche ceremonial site in Tecpan, Guatemala ... Chile Pixtun, a Guatemalan, says the doomsday theories spring from Western, not Mayan ideas. (CBS News)
New Tourism Website for Guatemala Oct 1, 2009
INGUAT, the Guatemalan Office of Tourism, brings national and international attention to Guatemalas tourism information through this medium by creating a renovated image full of color and a photo gallery with scenic pictures of Guatemala taken by the countrys top photographers ... The Guatemalan Institute of Tourism (INGUAT) is the supreme governing body of tourism for the country of Guatemala. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Tragedy Overshadows Mexico's Independence Holiday Sep 16, 2009
The Guatemalan peace activist urged people to attend Tuesday night's festivities and not fall into "a culture of fear.". "We can't lose our right to be out on the streets," said Menchu, an Indian rights activist whose family was killed during the Guatemalan civil war. (CBS News -- World)
One overseas adoptee explains: Parents’ embrace of the ”home” culture can have its costs Aug 23, 2009
They decorated their homes with Russian paintings, threw Lunar New Year parties, bought Guatemalan jewelry, and made regular pilgrimages to the local Chinatown. They established their own specialty magazines, attended culture camps in the United States, and spent more than $10,000 on heritage tours in the Motherland. (Boston Globe)
Georgetown teens make a difference in Guatemala Aug 15, 2009
Likewise, Guatemalans outside the village never venture this deep into the woods. One Guatemalan woman who served as the team s interpreter commented that she had had no idea this village even existed ... Young Guatemalan children, often frail and malnourished, were eager and more than capable of helping. (Georgetown Record, MA)
Steamy and stirred Aug 9, 2009
While "gold standard" Mixco chocolate can be found in supermarkets, it is still most widely distributed the same way it always has been: peddlers travel around the country bringing it to local markets and door-to-door to Guatemalan homes. The traditional preparation of chocolate in Mixco has been women's work. (iAfrica.com)
Watertown students visit remote Guatemala Aug 8, 2009
Hawkins said the Guatemalan students also taught her a few things ... The Ecofiltros were created by a Guatemalan and are considered one of the most cost effective ways to make the water safe for drinking. (Watertown Daily Times, WI)
| The Rocks Aroma Festival Jul 7, 2009
Alongside the popularity of Italian cappuccinos, espressos and lattes, there's demand for Brazilian blends, Guatemalan organic, Spanish roasts, large French bowls (great for dipping croissants), Japanese kohii, Indonesian and East Timorese fair trade coffees, even the thick, dark Turkish shortest of short blacks ... First Fleet Park will be filled with the colour and v 00004000 ibrancy of a South American Latin Quarter with Guatemalan coffee and Brazilian brews ... Roberto Orellana of Waterloo's... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Archaeologists dive deep into the lost world of the Maya Jul 6, 2009
Later dives at Guatemalan lakes near Maya ruins found similar offerings. Cara Blanca ("White Face," named after the cliffs above the pools) is itself a mystery to Lucero and her colleagues. (USA Today -- Tech)
Guatemala rights scientist honoured Jul 5, 2009
At this year's meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Mr Peccerelli and his colleagues at the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) are being honoured for their commitment to using science to promote human rights ... His target was the country's indigenous Mayan population, whom he accused of sheltering guerrillas of the Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG). (Yahoo News -- Guatemala)
Smithsonian Folklife Festival June 24-28, July 1-5 Jun 2, 2009
The festival's "Las Americas: Un Mundo Musical" theme will include performances of, among other styles, Puerto Rican bomba, plena, and jibaro music; mariachi and other music from various Mexican regions; Dominican merengue and bachata; Guatemalan marimba, and Salvadoran chanchona music. "Wales Smithsonian Cymru" showcases Welsh culture and heritage with programs on literature, language, crafts, music and cooking. (Yahoo News)
* Ma likely to meet Clinton: envoy May 31, 2009
WHEEL DEAL: Ma Ying-jeou gave the Guatemalan president a bicycle and ordered that his wife also get one after hearing about their love of cycling By Ko Shu-ling STAFF REPORTER Sunday, May 31, 2009, Page 3 ... Ma, who left Belize for Guatemala on Thursday, had talks with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, who welcomed Ma with a 21-gun salute and a military honor guard ... Ma, who gave Colom a Taiwanese bicycle as a gift, instructed the embassy to give Coloms wife another one after the... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Colom should step aside during inquiry, foe says May 16, 2009
Guatemalan leader should step aside during inquiry, foe says - CNN.com ... Guatemalan leader should step aside during inquiry, foe says ... (CNN) -- Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom should leave office during the investigation into whether he was connected to three recent slayings, his 2007 presidential opponent said Thursday. (CNN -- International)
Java flow: Hawaii erupts with coffee plantations Apr 28, 2009
Island X Hawaii buys the raw arabica beans (Guatemalan typica), which are processed through either washing or a natural drying method, and does all its own roasting, labeling and packaging. Old Sugar Mill Waialua Coffee is only available at the airy shop, found in the former sugar mill's 1950s-era garage (once used to service the big cane-hauling trucks). (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Semana Santa is an uplifting tradition Apr 13, 2009
Throughout Chichi's market I hear the constant clapping of hands, the sound of women patting corn meal into tortillas, the Guatemalan staff of life. The Maya consider themselves the people of the corn, and I watch white, yellow and blue corn meal transformed into thick rounds on a circular wood-fired grill that looks like a steel drum. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Guide for the GOP for 2010 and Beyond Apr 10, 2009
The renascence of freedom and justice in the United States will require that ordinary individuals -- your spouse, your kids, the Guatemalan who mows your lawn -- be reintroduced to the principles behind it. We must learn to think again, instead of merely desiring and demanding. (Townhall.com)
Around the world in a single lifetime Mar 30, 2009
Furnishings in one room include gold Italian stacking tables and Guatemalan midwife chairs. On display is a French farmer s clock bought in Germany. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
The Real Reasons Teen Pregnancies Are on the Rise Mar 21, 2009
The Times article quotes a 19-year-old Guatemalan woman named Amalia Raymundo, who "was a rising star in her remote village in Guatemala, the regions beauty queen and a candidate for college scholarships." Because of her experiences in American public school, Amalia saw that her dreams of becoming a doctor were so far out of her reach, she thought about dropping out. If I am going to end up cleaning houses with my mother. (Slate)
Taking a fresh, hard look at immigrants' lives Mar 16, 2009
The next morning he discovered that a young Guatemalan had been shot for refusing to turn over his money. He rode all the way to the Oaxacan border, and on return visits to Mexico made two more trips, each time picking up where he had left off. (International Herald Tribune)
ISU researchers & Maya finds Mar 15, 2009
The Mirador Basin also is the heart of a major new conservation program called "Cuatro Balam" designed by Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom Caballeros to protect a substantial forested area of northern Guatemala's Peten region ... a coalition of Guatemalan citizens known as APANAC, in Guatemala City, and perhaps most significantly, the formation of a group of the most prominent Guatemalan companies and industries into a foundation known as PACUNAM to support the investigation and conservation of... (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Caution out on South's 'Immigrant Highway' Mar 12, 2009
The thick-shouldered Guatemalan settled along the artery leading out of Atlanta more than a decade ago, answering the call of local officials who used the springboard of the 1996 Summer Olympics to make immigrants a centerpiece of the community's rebirth. Vacant car lots and whitewashed stores gave way to affordable apartments, an eclectic mix of shops and towering business signs that are a study in polyglot. (MSNBC -- Race)
Letter: Donations a big help Feb 8, 2009
(Editor s note: This letter was written to the Amesbury Fire Chief, but the Georgetown Fire Department and Merrimac Fire Department also donated equipment to the Guatemalan firefighters. See our story in last week s edition or online at www. (Georgetown Record, MA)
