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Antigua Guatemala - AroundAntigua News 2006
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So, we have been in Guatemala for two days and already I have had one of the most amazing experiences of my life.
Antigua is a great starting point for Guatemala and is the perfect place to acclimatise for a couple of days or so. Click here for a brief history of the town.
We arrived yesterday morning from Guatemala City and found our way to our hostel Casa Amarillo (Yellow House), a lovely little place on the NW of Antigua (dbl room inc breakfast $14). We spent the remainder of the morning just chilling and wandering the streets finding a great Menu del Dia on the way...
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Class: Blog
Source: catgoggles.blogspot.com
Post Date: Nov-23-2006
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| US Threatens to End Adoption From Guatemala |
“The current adoption process in Guatemala does not afford many of the children and families the protections they deserve,” the State Department official said, adding that the adoption process there is rife with “conflicts of interest” and “improper financial gain.”
The chairman of the House subcommittee, Republican Representative Chris Smith, welcomed the call for tighter controls in Guatemala....
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Class: News
Source: rachelstavern.com
Post Date: Nov-23-2006
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| Belize-Guatemala dialogue to protect Chiquibul forest |
Twenty-to participants from Belize and Guatemala including gathered for a two day session at Las Cuevas Research station with the primary objective of developing a bi-national work plan directed to better protect the Chiquibul forest which is shared by both countries.
The Chiquibul National Park in Belize and Chiquibul-Montanas Mayas Biosphere Reserve in Guatemala face a myriad of threats ranging from illegal extraction of non-timber forest products, deforestation, forest fires, hunting and land speculation....
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Class: News
Source: reporter.bz
Post Date: Nov-23-2006
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An early morning and our first experience of third world border crossings was what the day had in store and it was far from simple. Our 6am bus was slightly late and packed and only minutes after leaving we hit a roadblock. Oaxaca protesters had cut down trees and were blocking the road, we were told they´d be a slight delay so we sat tight and tried to take sneaky pics through the windscreen. That was until a dozen guys in balaclavas armed with machetes started marching up the road....
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Class: News
Source: travelpod.com
Post Date: Nov-23-2006
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| The nitty gritty Guatemalan life |
When we returned to Coban after our very early bus ride from Semuc Champey, we jumped straight into our next adventure organized by a non-profit called Proyecto EcoQuetzal. Our excursion was labeled ethno-tourism, and was essentially a homestay with a Guatemalan family at subsistence-level, with the goal of giving the family an alternative source of income to abate the rate at which the gorgeous old-growth cloud forest is turning...
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Class: Blog
Source: TravelBlog.org
Post Date: Nov-17-2006
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After three solid days with my knees in my mouth crammed in a bus, I've finally made it to Antigua, Guatemala...and it's about as gorgeous as all the guidebooks and postcards make it out to be. I met up with a Scottish guy, Callum, and a guy from California, Eric, and we're travelling together for the meanwhile. We stayed a night in San Salvador (ten dollars a person for a dirty little room in the slums!). It's by far the most crowded city I've seen so far...
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Class: Blog
Source: TravelBlog.org
Post Date: Nov-17-2006
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| Human Rights in Latin America |
After Monday's class and our short final discussion about punishment and responsibility, I felt the need to voice my opinion. As Jon pointed out, there was a lot of disagreement in the class, we couldn't easily reach a point of consensus about the issue. However, numerous times throughout the discussion people commented on the infeasibility of punishing certain actors in human rights abuses...
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Class: Blog
Source: Peggy Lucas Blog
Post Date: Nov-17-2006
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| Antigua and Guatemala City |
After a short trip from San Pedro, we arrived in Antigua, a cute cobblestone colonial city in the early afternoon. I (Flora) was quite sick and went to have a lie-down in our small dorm in the Black Cat hostel, a place which is full and buzzing every night. With a Norwegian who was on our bus we explored the city centre a little bit later that day, around the Parque Central, where you have a great view of Volcan de Agua, a huge volcano which overlooks the city.
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Class: Blog
Source: TravelBlog.org
Post Date: Nov-14-2006
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| Peace Corps Guatemala: Andrew Trembley |
Todos Santos - November 1st is a day of importance in Guatemala. All Saints' Day, known to all Catholics, has mixed in with various other traditions to make it a day of sadness, joy, and superstition. For Todos Santos, the center of all festivities is the cemetery. For days before, people prepare flowers and various decorations for the graves and tombs of loved ones. I have been told that in parts of Mexico, the floral arrangements and decorations are even more elaborate and often take the entire morning simply to set up. The dominant decoration are marigold flowers, known here as el flor del muerte, the flower of death. The holiday is celebrated by all, and, considering that cemeteries are owned and managed by.
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Class: Blog
Source: Andrew Trembley Blog
Post Date: Nov-14-2006
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ESCUINTLA, Guatemala -- The big rig groans to a stop, inches from the back window of the crowded van. Irma Diaz clenches her right fist, staring at the truck's steel face.
In Guatemala City's late-afternoon rain, a stale air hangs humid and heavy with diesel fumes.
Irma's 21-year-old son, Luis, is overwhelmed by the sea of cars honking around them. Her 20-year-old daughter, Monica, sits silently, a vacant look in her eyes.
The risk the mother took 13 years ago to travel illegally from Guatemala to the United States with her two young children has backfired. They have lost a decade-long battle for political asylum, and overnight the Diazes' life in Oregon has ended. .
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Class: Article
Source: OregonLive.com
Post Date: Nov-14-2006
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| Five Letters to New York Times Editor of “Guatemala System Is Scrutinized as Americans Rush In to Adopt” |
We are the parents of a child adopted from Guatemala.
The article suggests that few adoptive parents ever return with their children to Guatemala and that few birth mothers may have future contact with their children. In fact, many families have continued contact with Guatemala and birth families.
We established contact with our daughter’s birth mother and extended family within a year of her adoption. We have sent photos and letters to the birth family, and in return have received letters and photos back from them.
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Class: News
Source: NYTimes.com
Post Date: Nov-14-2006
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| Guatemala and the Campaigns of Disinformation |
In reading Schlesinger and Kinzer’s the “Bitter Fruit,” I was constantly confronted with the major theme of disinformation. Page after page contained evidence of distorted accounts and campaigns of propaganda by some of the main actors (the United States and businesses) in Guatemala. One of the most odious and underhanded parts of the account are the details of the U.S. involvement and build-up to the invasions in the late 1940s. The double-handed dealings that took place, first with the involvement of the United Fruit company and its...
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Class: Blog
Source: WisdomQuestion Blog
Post Date: Nov-14-2006
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