San Marcos Department

Guatemala: Food crisis threatens

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...

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Fighting the odds to keep Indian tongues alive

HUAMPAMI, Peru -- In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class. Six years later, Espejo is a thesis away from an undergraduate degree in linguistics at Peru's top...

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GUATEMALA: Only 10 Agents to Fight Human Trafficking Nationwide

GUATEMALA CITY, Oct 13 (IPS) - In spite of a new law against human trafficking in effect since March, little has been done in Guatemala to fight the trafficking of children, and child sex tourism has begun to flourish, experts...

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World › Attacks kill at least 21 in Mexican border cities

Wednesday 16th September, 01:48 PM JST TIJUANA, Mexico — Firefighters found six bodies inside a burning car in Tijuana, and 15 people were killed in three separate shootings in another northern Mexican border town besieged by...

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Man fatally stabbed after San Marcos party is ID'd

SAN MARCOS — A man who died after he was stabbed in the chest after a party at a San Marcos home was identified yesterday as Alfonso Gomez Gomez, 19, the county Medical Examiner's Office said. Authorities said the stabbing...

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AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Message for the National Day of Migrants: “No community can consider itself ...

Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - “Immigration and Faith” is the title of the message that was written by Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini of San Marcos, President of the Pastoral Services for Human Mobility of the Guatemalan Bishops'...

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Man pleads not guilty in fatal stabbing at home

NORTH COUNTY COURTS — A man accused of stabbing another man to death at a San Marcos home last weekend pleaded not guilty yesterday to a murder charge. Hector Guatemala Cortes, 46, is accused in a killing that occurred early...

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Other: Guatemala: Mines Bring No Benefits to Local People

Guatemala: Mines Bring No Benefits to Local People (IPS) - The new draft law on mining before the Guatemalan parliament does not strictly regulate water use and environmental protection, does not provide for community...

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ENVIRONMENT-GUATEMALA: Mines Bring No Benefits to Local People

GUATEMALA CITY, Jul 21 (IPS) - The new draft law on mining before the Guatemalan parliament does not strictly regulate water use and environmental protection, does not provide for community consultation, and sets royalties...

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Georgetown immigrants still living a world apart

Guatemalans in Delaware thriving, but at what cost? From the window of his office on Race Street in the heart of Georgetown, Police Chief Bill Topping watches as two Latinas -- a mother and daughter, perhaps -- walk down the...

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