RSS• Incessant crime wave poses security threat towards all levels of the population. • Growing disapproval of President Alvaro Colom. • Colombian, Panamanian and Guatemalan Presidents meet in Panama to discuss security initiatives. • Additional millions of dollars needed to cope with monthly r[...]
Archive for the ‘Guatemala’ Category
October 9th, 2008 - 7:56 am § in Bolivia, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, In the News, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Venezuela
Bolivian Press: Liberation sweeping Latin America
Published by FinalCall.com News UNITED NATIONS – Speaking at a press conference after his address to the UN General Assembly, Bolivian President Evo Morales said a “great feeling” of liberation is sweeping Latin America and cannot be stopped. “The combat of our people is a historic st[...]
Feminicide in Guatemala: A Link Between Past and Present
The current feminicide crusade in Guatemala takes root in the unjust bloodbath of a culture that views women as objects in which to install fear, terror and extreme submission. Guatemala’s recent history involves a good deal of indigenous blood; frustration and bitterness over these past injustice[...]
July 22nd, 2008 - 9:34 am § in Caribbean, Costa Rica, Front Page, Guatemala, Press Releases, Venezuela
The Growth of Petrocaribe: A Win for Venezuela Foreign Policy
Costa Rica and Guatemala are the latest to sign up with Petrocaribe Nineteen Caribbean Basin nations now receive subsidized oil shipments from Venezuela The future could not look brighter for Petrocaribe, a Venezuelan-led oil consortium that offers preferential financial term[...]
Amenaza a la mujer en el ambiente político
El artículo “Presidente guatemalteco separa de cargo a esposa” habla del porqué el presidente, Álavaro Colom, tuvo que remover a la primera dama de Guatemala en sus puestos como secretaria de Sosep y en la coordinación del gabinete medioambiental. Hablaba de las tensiones que acumulaba a ca[...]
Guatemalan Adoptions Suspended by Overseas Crack-Down
Since 2003, Guatemala has been attempting to upgrade its controversial intercountry adoption system, which has operated under a cloud of suspicion in recent years. In 2005, the Department of State warned U.S. families against the wisdom of adopting from Guatemala. In late 2007, several countries sus[...]
December 14th, 2007 - 9:12 am § in Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Front Page, Guatemala, Guyana, Press Releases, Venezuela
Sulfurous Fumes Detected over Guyana: Latin America’s Ominous New Geopolitical Scene Involving Georgetown, Washington and Caracas
To Our Readers
Today, December 14, 2007, from 12:45 to 2:00pm COHA Director, Larry Birns, will Appear on the Fox Business Channel from Washington to Discuss the Bank of the South and other U.S.-Latin American Trade MattersIs a run-away likely in Guatemala's runoff? Unfortunately, no
- The runoff between Colom and Pérez Molina is this Sunday, November 4.
- Polls are indicating a dead-heat; although some show Pérez Molina to be slipping in the last hour. But to the fears of many human rights organizations he may decide to see to it that [...]
September 24th, 2007 - 12:36 pm § in Brazil, Caribbean, Economic, Front Page, Guatemala, Mexico, Press Releases
Is Microcredit the Answer or an Answer for Latin America?
Microcredit is big business today, having measurable success in Latin America At the same time, microcredit is far from perfect and cannot eliminate poverty on its own Small private banks lessen the pressure on wayward governments to discharge their social justice duties to their citizens When Muh[...]