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MyPalmBeachPost
February 9, 2018
Skolnik, 32, who is in Guatemala and could not be reached, plans to work for Funsepa, a nonprofit agency in Guatemala City to develop education programs for children. Her resignation is effective in June. In her resignation letter, Skolnik wrote: “We went from protests to harmony. Our community is now aÃÂ ...
NDTV
February 1, 2018
Authorities announced an orange alert earlier on Thursday, and schools near the volcano, which is 35 kilometers southwest of Guatemala City, were shut. ... Guatemala City, Guatemala: The eruption of a volcano near the Guatemalan capital subsided Thursday after 20 hours of activity that rained ash onÃÂ ...
Channel NewsAsia
February 1, 2018
GUATEMALA CITY: Authorities in Guatemala issued an orange alert on Thursday (Feb 1) over an erupting volcano located a short distance from its capital. Increased activity in the Volcan de Fuego ("Fire Volcano") overnight on Wednesday saw ash tower 1.7 kilometres into the sky and lava flow up to 500ÃÂ ...
Deseret News
January 29, 2018
The Central American nation is home to more than a quarter-million members, two temples (in Guatemala City and Quetzaltenango) and six missions. The LDS Church News is an official publication of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The publication's content supports the doctrines,ÃÂ ...
Inquirer.net
January 27, 2018
GUATEMALA CITY — The ex-president of the Guatemalan Supreme Court was shot dead Friday during an incident on the outskirts of the capital Guatemala City, according to emergency personnel. Jose Arturo Sierra, who presided over the high court between 2013 and 2014, was attacked by unknownÃÂ ...
ReliefWeb
January 23, 2018
... Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia; Kathmandu City, Nepal; Dhaka North City Corporation, Bangladesh; Cilacap Regency, Indonesia; Mawlamyine, Myanmar; Tegucigalpa, Honduras; Guayaquil, Ecuador; San Juan de Lurigancho, Peru; Guatemala City, Guatemala; and Santo Domingo Esto, Dominican Republic.
Q Costa Rica News
January 23, 2018
Renewed Democratic Liberation (LIDER) party's presidential candidate Manuel Baldizon addresses supporters during a political rally in Villa Nueva, on the outskirts of Guatemala City, September 4, 2015. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez/File Photo. Baldizon, a wealthy businessman who ran for president twiceÃÂ ...
Seattle Times
January 21, 2018
FILE – In this Sept. 12, 2011 file photo, Manuel Baldizon, presidential candidate of Guatemala's Democratic Freedom Revival Party, gives a press conference in Guatemala City. Baldizon was arrested on Jan. 20, 2018 at a U.S. airport for immigration irregularities, and after deportation to Guatemala he willÃÂ ...
Mining Technology
January 17, 2018
Tahoe added that it will again look to restore its workforce after the mine resumes production. Located nearly 40km from Guatemala City, Escobal Mine is estimated to host proven and probable mineral reserves of 23.7 million tonnes, with an average silver grade of 351g/t containing 267.5 million ounces ofÃÂ ...
The Wire
January 17, 2018
Guatemala City: Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales reshuffled his cabinet on Tuesday, changing his ministers for the environment, the economy and social development as he reached the halfway point of his four-year term. Presidential spokesman Heinz Hiemann said Acisclo Valladares would take onÃÂ ...
eNCA
January 16, 2018
GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales "is not an ally" in combating corruption, his country's chief prosecutor said Monday, deepening a shadow cast across him for suspected illegal campaign financing. "I don't see the president of the republic as an ally in the fight against corruption,"ÃÂ ...
WMUR Manchester
January 16, 2018
Anyone with information about Booska's whereabouts is asked to call the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala City at 502-2326-4000 or 502-2331-2354. Tips can also be submitted by email to find.justin.booska@gmail.com. The search continued for several days before resources began to run out, at which point hisÃÂ ...
Toronto Star
January 14, 2018
GUATEMALA CITY—A ruling-party lawmaker accused of orchestrating the murder of two journalists in 2015 was arrested in southwestern Guatemala on Saturday. Public Ministry spokesperson Yecenia Enriquez said Julio Antonio Juarez Ramirez was detained in the morning at his home in SuchitepequezÃÂ ...
Kaplan Herald
January 6, 2018
GUATEMALA CITY: 's foreign minister insisted that President ' plan to move the country's embassy in Israel to will not be reversed, and called for critics to “respect” the country's decisions. “It's a decision that has been made … it is not going to be reversed,” Sandra Jovel told journalists during an event toÃÂ ...
ATWOnline
January 6, 2018
In December, Volaris introduced four new US-Central America international routes (Los Angeles-Guatemala City; Los Angeles-San Salvador, El Salvador; New York-San Salvador; and Washington, DC-San Salvador). Additionally, four California-Mexico routes (Fresno-Morelia; Los Angeles-Acapulco; SanÃÂ ...
teleSUR English
January 4, 2018
Women hold makeshift crosses during a march to commemorate International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Guatemala City. | Photo: Reuters. Previous; Next. Published 3 January 2018. 0. Comments. AddThis Sharing Buttons. Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Gmail Share to Google+ÃÂ ...
Shreveport Times
December 26, 2017
He stayed in a holding cell in downtown Guatemala City for four days. "I didn't have an outlet. I couldn't speak with anybody," he said. "Going from the airport to the holding cell was extremely frightening — probably the scariest moment of my life. I remember just praying that I would be safe at that time.".
The Spokesman-Review
December 26, 2017
GUATEMALA CITY – President Jimmy Morales' top diplomat defended his decision to move Guatemala's embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, rejecting on Tuesday international and domestic criticism after he followed Washington's lead in announcing a switch. Foreign Minister Sandra Jovel said the changeÃÂ ...
TIME
December 31, 1999
(GUATEMALA CITY) — Researchers using a high-tech aerial mapping technique have found tens of thousands of previously undetected Mayan houses, buildings, defense works and pyramids in the dense jungle of Guatemala's Peten region, suggesting that millions more people lived there than previouslyÃÂ ...
The Costa Rica Star
December 31, 1999
James Wallace Kirgin also known as James David McDonald, one of the most wanted man by Costa Rican justice was detained this Thursday, December 28 in Guatemala City. The Guatemala National Civil Police confirmed the arrest which took place in Zona 1 in the capital city. 56-year-old Kirgin wasÃÂ ...
Arab News
December 31, 1999
A woman walks across Israel square in Guatemala City on Dec. 27, 2017. Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales announced on Christmas eve that the Central American country would move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. (AFP)ÃÂ ...
National Observer
December 7, 2017
In the conference room of a handsome hotel in Guatemala City, a conversation about Canada brings five grown women to tears. Canada is a country they associate with tear ... of Casillas, Santa Rosa. She spoke on a panel of Guatemalan women human rights defenders in Guatemala City on Oct. 25, 2017.
The Verge
December 6, 2017
On May 15th, 1984, Felix Estrada went on a morning run near the University of San Carlos in Guatemala City, just as he did every day. His brother Salomon, who he shared a room with, heard him come back, shower, get dressed, and leave again at 6:30AM. At first, it seemed like any other morning.
Washington Blade
December 4, 2017
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan Congresswoman Sandra Moran on Dec. 1 introduced a bill to recognize the right to gender identity and allow for transgender people to amend their birth certificates to coincide with their self-identification. The bill was presented with support from trans organizations, ...
New York Times (blog)
November 29, 2017
The U.S. Embassy spokesman in Guatemala City wondered why Time Magazine would want to photograph and interview the ambassador there. After all, in the early 1980s, the political upheaval and violence in nearby El Salvador — where I was based — dominated the headlines. We should have kept ...
Toronto Star
November 28, 2017
Get there/around: I flew United Airlines from Toronto to Guatemala City, with a connection in Houston. We used a mix of buses, planes and helicopters to get around Guatemala and Honduras. Stay: Pretty much everywhere we stayed during our tour was top notch but nothing came close to Las Lagunas ...
U.S. News & World Report
November 23, 2017
Police officers stand at the parking lot of the offices of Millicom International Cellular's local unit during a search of Guatemala's attorney general and a United Nations-backed commission against impunity, as part of a corruption investigation in Guatemala City, Guatemala, November 23, 2017.
Human Rights Watch
November 12, 2017
(Guatemala City) – The remarkable progress Guatemala has made in prosecuting corruption and abuse could be reversed if the country's highest courts don't stop the egregious delays that are keeping powerful defendants from going to trial, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. November ...
ABC News
September 21, 2017
... flag in Constitution Plaza as they demand the resignation of Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales in Guatemala City, Wednesday, Sept.
Shreveport Times
September 17, 2017
The American group made it through security and customs at the airport in Guatemala City and then to their gate. Zack then went to a restroom.
ABC News
September 15, 2017
... is covered in some kind of liquid thrown by protesters after making it to Congress with the help of police, in Guatemala City, Friday, Sept.
New York Times
September 14, 2017
... holding back demonstrators angry about legislation seen as undermining anticorruption efforts outside the National Palace in Guatemala CityÃÂ ...
New York Times
September 12, 2017
President Jimmy Morales during his annual State of the Nation address in Guatemala City in January. Credit Moises Castillo/Associated Press.
Mic
September 12, 2017
When Marriott invited me to stay at their new property in Guatemala City, a place none of my friends had been to and a destination I neverÃÂ ...
National Catholic Reporter
September 8, 2017
... coast of southern Mexico and Guatemala, causing buildings to collapse and tremors that rocked as far as Mexico City and Guatemala City.
Atlas Obscura
September 7, 2017
The Mapa en Relieve (Relief Map) in Guatemala City is a large, impressively accurate 3D replica of the country's remarkable terrain. It depicts in intricate detailÃÂ ...
The Spokesman-Review
August 27, 2017
GUATEMALA CITY – Two days after prosecutors announced they would seek to lift Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales' immunity,ÃÂ ...
Daily Herald
August 6, 2017
A 22-year-old Chilean woman serving her mission with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints at the Guatemala Guatemala CityÃÂ ...
Lexington Herald Leader
July 28, 2017
Upon arrival at the airport in Guatemala City, I was whisked off to lunch at the colorful La Esquina, a combination bistro and marketplace in theÃÂ ...
New York Times
July 27, 2017
San Francisco? Soho? Try Guatemala City, inside El Injerto, a coffee shop. Guatemala is home to an expanding coffee scene. Credit DanieleÃÂ ...
finder.com.au
July 23, 2017
We take a look at hotels that have just opened, hotels that are in the works and major hotel changes across the globe.
The FINANCIAL
July 21, 2017
The 138-room hotel is located along 2nd Avenue in the heart of Guatemala City's Zona 10, known locally as “Zona Viva,” which is consideredÃÂ ...
Salon
July 17, 2017
More than 1,000 taxi drivers took to the streets of Guatemala City on June 7 to protest the arrival of the ride-sharing app, Uber, to Guatemala.
Miami New Times
December 31, 1999
In July, Doral Mayor Juan Carlos Bermudez and Vice Mayor Pete Cabrera traveled to Guatemala City to sign Doral's fifth "sister city" agreementÃÂ ...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Cuatro Grados Norte (Four Degrees North) has quietly arrived as the pulsing, bohemian hub of a rejuvenated Guatemala City. The 19th-centuryÃÂ ...
Milton Times
March 29, 2017
Milton, MA- For people used to a life of comfort in Milton, a trip to the slums of Guatemala City can be a voyage to another world.
ChristianityToday.com
March 29, 2017
An estimated 2 in 5 children are malnourished. Among indigenous children, that rises to 4 in 5. Tales of overcrowding, abuse, and malnutrition leak out of orphanages like the one near the nation's capital, Guatemala City, where dozens died in the ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
March 26, 2017
Two young men put finishing touches on an elaborate sawdust pattern created on the surface of a cobblestone street in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala.
Curacao Chronicle
March 26, 2017
Alfredo Verderosa entrevista GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemala and other countries of Latin America and the Caribbean must continue to develop a more proactive, all-inclusive response to cybercrime and cyber terrorism.
Montreal Gazette
March 24, 2017
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