Alvaro Colom

Struggle after Guatemala’s peace accords

greenleft.org.au     Jul 20, 2008          

Raul Molina — a former Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity (URNG) candidate for mayor of Guatemala City, an academic and a refugee advocate now resident in the US — addressed a public meeting on July 4. The meeting...                

Venezuela increases Caribbean cheap oil deal

bahamasnews.net     Jul 20, 2008   1 related          

“Member countries of Petrocaribe, the Caribbean energy integration organisation that Venezuela initiated in 2005, agreed Sunday to adjust the terms of financing for the purchase of Venezuelan oil in order to lower the impact of...                

Colom Merely Average for Guatemalans

angus-reid.com     Jul 17, 2008          

Few people in Guatemala have strong feelings on the way Álvaro Colom is doing his job, according to a poll by Vox Latina published in Prensa Libre. 15 per cent of respondents rate his performance as good, 15 per cent deem it...                

PetroCaribe oil falls short of supply - Chavez agrees more favourable financing terms

jamaica-gleaner.com     Jul 16, 2008   3 related          

Caribbean countries can now retain up to 60 per cent of their oil bill with Venezuela as a long-term loan, up from the 50 per cent that the original agreement stipulated three years ago. But oil must stay above US$100 per...                

Venezuela's Chavez loosens terms of oil-supply pact

iht.com     Jul 14, 2008   71 related          

Venezuela's Chavez loosens terms of oil-supply pact : Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday touted a pact delivering fuel to Caribbean nations and loosened the financing terms to aid countries struggling with high oil...                

Venezuela to supply Guatemala with oil

wtop.com     Jul 13, 2008   19 related          

MARACAIBO, Venezuela (AP) - President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that he is expanding his Venezuela's Petrocaribe oil-supply pact to include Guatemala. Through the pact, oil-rich Venezuela provides nations with oil under...                

Secretary of State Guergis to Visit Belize and Guatemala

gc.ca     Jul 10, 2008          

The Honourable Helena Guergis, Secretary of State (Foreign Affairs and International Trade) (Sport), will visit Belize and Guatemala from July 10 to 16, 2008, as part of Canada’s renewed engagement in the Americas. “Belize and...                

Guatemala President Colom to visit Taiwan

earthtimes.org     Jul 5, 2008          

Taipei - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom will visit Taiwan in October to promote ties, the Central News Agency said on Saturday. Speaking by phone from Guatemala's capital Guatemala City, Taiwan's new ambassador to Guatemala,...                

Guatemala shifts its attention to the South

abn.info.ve     Jul 4, 2008   1 related          

The communications secretary of the presidency of the Republic of Guatemala, Ronaldo Robles, emphasized that the government led by the head of state of this Central American nation, Alvaro Colom, will orient its policy to find...                

Guatemalan ministers killed in copter crash

cnn.com     Jun 28, 2008   71 related          

Interior Minister Vinicio Gomez, Vice Interior Minister Edgar Hernandez Umana die Pilot, co-pilot also killed in crash in stormy weather Helicopter left Guatemala City at 8 a.m. for meeting in northern city of Peten Farmers...                

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