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- Guatemala Activists Slam US Raid
Guatemala, May 15 (Prensa Latina) The National Round Table for Immigration (MENAMIG) condemned Thursday in Guatemala the massive detention of 390 foreign workers with excessive use of force, 290 of them Guatemalan, in a factory located in Iowa, US. 'We
- Eye Program Helps Guatemala Ixils
Guatemala, May 12 (Prensa Latina) The Ixil Triangle, a remote zone of Guatemala, benefits Monday from the Operation Miracle, a Cuban-Venezuelan project to provide free ophthalmologic surgery for low-income patients with eye afflictions. Nebaj, Cotzal
- Guatemala volunteer vacations: some work, all play
After decades of civil war, the now stable democracy of Guatemala offers a multi-layered, mix-and-match vacation experience with more than a dozen ecosystems to explore in a country the size of Virginia. In mere hours, you can venture from steamy coastal
- Guatemala Hosts Jose Marti Expo
Guatemala, May 15 (Prensa Latina) The National Palace of Culture of Guatemala will display from May 15 the expo 'Jose Marti, Nuestra America' with works by national and foreign painters. The display, sponsored by the Fine Arts Union and the Cuban
- Transport Strike in Guatemala Leaves 1 dead, 48 arrested
The Union of Professional and Heavy Goods Vehicles Drivers, affiliated to the National Workers' Federation (FENATRA), agreed to stop work on May 5 following the decision by the Mayor of Guatemala City to prohibit the free circulation of heavy goods
- ESPMC-WITASS to raise Guatemala THCs
ESPMC-WITASS conference lines will increase their terminal handling charge applicable to full and less-than-containerloads in Guatemala by $110 per container southbound and $90 per container northbound. The first sailings with the new THC level will be
- Congreso de Guatemala comienza receso
Guatemala, 15 may (PL) Los diputados al Congreso de la Repblica de Guatemala inician hoy su receso de mitad de ao y dejan pendientes de aprobacin importantes leyes de inters social hasta su retorno el prximo 1 de agosto. Entre las iniciativas estancadas
- Back Pain in a 39-Year-Old Man from Guatemala
Tami O Tiamfook-Morgan, Daniel M. Lindberg, MDA 39-year-old Guatemalan man presents to the ED with severe and debilitating back pain. He has been previously evaluated for his back pain twice in the past few weeks. The pain is throbbing and diffuse
- Guatemalan journalist shot dead
Jorge Mrida Prez, a reporter with the Guatemalan daily Prensa Libre, died after being shot four times in the head in a killing that has the hallmarks of a professional hit. He was gunned down in his home in southern Guatemala just weeks after receiving
- GUATEMALA: REPORTER GUNNED DOWN AFTER RECEIVING THREATS
Home Regional News Americas Mexico and Central America Guatemala REPORTER GUNNED DOWN AFTER RECEIVING THREATS A newspaper correspondent was gunned down in his home in southern Guatemala just weeks after receiving threats, report the Committee to
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Guatemala was freed of Spanish colonial rule in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the conflict, which had led to the death of more than 100,000 people and had created some 1 million refugees.
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