Guatemala City

Q&A: Impact of Crisis in Latin America Less Severe than in the Past

GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 19 (IPS) - Thanks to effective social policies and measures that have strengthened the economy, most of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean have managed to weather the impact of the global...

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Guatemala: The Streets of the Capital City

The look of the streets of Guatemala City has changed over the past 20 years. The blog Guate en los 80s [es] takes a look at the culture of that decade, and includes this video of a drive through the city and notes the...

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LATIN AMERICA: Community-Based Social Innovation Wins Prizes

GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 16 (IPS) - Community control of public funds will no longer be just an effective local idea, put into practice by social activists and community leaders in a town in southern Brazil. Now that it has won...

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AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Franciscan priest working in Honduras found murdered in Guatemala after ...

Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – Guatemalan Franciscan priest Fr. Miguel Angel Hernandez, who had been assigned to a parish in Ocotepeque (Honduras) and who had disappeared last weekend, was found dead in a province of eastern...

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World Energy Research Opens Second Headquarters

Company Serves the Americas From New Office in Guatemala City Auckland, New Zealand November 11, 2009 -- World Energy Research (WER) has just announced a major expansion. The energy research and investment firm based in New...

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Back from Ecuador | Casa de Libertad with Francisco Benfeldt

Francisco Benfeldt is a good brother and new friend is a Guatemalan native who planted Casa de Libertad, a church on the outskirts of Guatemala City. Watch this video to meet Francisco and learn more.

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Violence In Guatemala City

Journalist Rolando Santis was en route to the TV station Telecentro after covering a bus driver's murder in Guatemala City, Guatemala, where the level of violence had been rising for months. These public transport attacks, once...

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One nation's intake of U.S. deportees burgeons

Jerome L. Sherman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette GUATEMALA CITY -- Marta Munoz-Lopez strode through the room with a steely determination, her voice booming with the passion of an evangelical minister. The crowd, seated in plastic...

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Danish Man Dies From Wound In Guatemala Mugging

Danish Tourist Dies From Gunshot Wound Suffered During Robbery Try In Guatemala Cemetery (AP) GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - A Danish tourist died Friday, two days after being shot by robbers who tried to steal his camera while he...

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GUATEMALA: Controversy Dogs New Highway

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.

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