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Source: Action by Churches Together International (ACT) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — A serious food crisis is threatening Guatemala. Members of ACT International Guatemala Forum are planning projects to address climatic-based crises...
My holiday fundraiser for the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center One of my favorite coffees is Counter Culture's Finca Nueva Armenia from Guatemala's Huehuetenango region. Here are some quick facts about this coffee: Although it...
GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 3 (IPS) - Construction is expected to begin soon on a new highway across north-central Guatemala, the largest infrastructure project tackled so far by the government of Álvaro Colom.
Guatemala City, Oct 29, 2009 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Four members of the ultraviolent Mara Salvatrucha gang were beaten and burned alive by a mob in the northwestern Guatemalan province of Huehuetenango, police said Thursday. The...
MEXICO CITY, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Mexican narco-traffickers are paying for secret airstrips across Guatemala to facilitate their drug trafficking through light aircraft, news reaching here said Monday, quoting a Guatemalan...
By Alexia Campbell and Carey Wagner South Florida Sun-Sentinel LAKE WORTH - They speak Mam, or Q'anjob'al, or any one of 21 other ancient Mayan languages. MARIA MENDEZ Wrapped in her traditional huipil, Maria Mendez translates...
Thousands of indigenous Guatemalans took to the streets in July to demonstrate against a new mining law and a cement company threatening to damage rural communities. Nearly 15,000 indigenous Guatemalans began a march this week...
GUATEMALA CITY, Jul 10 (IPS) - Marco Tulio Guerra went to work as usual that morning at the meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa. But his life was turned upside down when immigration agents swept into his workplace and arrested...
If one thing is true of all humankind, it is this: we all have mothers. And in many parts of the world, it is customary to celebrate our mothers with a special day: Mother's Day . Although the date varies, many countries are...
If one thing is true of all humankind, it is this: we all have mothers. And in many parts of the world, it is customary to celebrate our mothers with a special day: Mother's Day. Although the date varies, many countries are...
