Friday May 9 | Inter Press Service
Latin America: Food Summit Declares Regional Emergency
“Unlimited industrialisation is the drug of planet Earth, and capitalism is synonymous with death”
The presidential summit on "Food for Life", held in Nicaragua, has ended with 16 Latin American countries agreeing to produce more food and sell it at low prices through strategic alliances, amid criticisms of ... via Inter Press Service
Wednesday May 7 | Earth Times
Ormat Technologies, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
Total revenues for the first quarter were $69.4 million, versus $61.7 million for the first quarter of 2007, an increase of 12.4%, consisting of an increase of 36.3% in revenues from the Company's Electricity ... via Earth Times
Monday May 5 | Inside Bay Area
“When I first arrived here, my first day, I wanted to go back. My parents weren't here; I didn't speak Spanish very well.”
Martina Jimenez, 24, a Guatemala Mayan from Santiago Chimaltenango, Huehuetenango, is all smiles as she talks about her life on Friday April 4, 2008 at her house in Oakland, Calif. via Inside Bay Area
Monday May 5 | BurlingtonFreePress.com
Musicians pay tribute to the boss of Belize
“We're also very, very happy to present this show”
SOUTH BURLINGTON -- Most shows at Higher Ground start with a guitar note or a bass thump or a singer asking the crowd 'How ya doin'?'' Wednesday's show began with tears. via BurlingtonFreePress.com
Saturday May 3 | People's Daily
Rioting Guatemalan prisoners behead deputy
Rioting Guatemalan prisoners have beheaded a senior prison official, reports reaching here from Guatemala City on Friday said. via People's Daily
Friday May 2 | Xinhuanet
Latin America marks May Day mostly with protests
Hundreds of thousands of workers on Thursday throughout Latin America took to the streets on May Day, protesting against food shortage and unemployment, and demanding better labor conditions and wages. via Xinhuanet
Wednesday Apr 30 | The Spectrum Online Edition
Dance to support orphanage's needs
“I started this project because a law passed in Guatemala making all adoptions illegal, resulting in more than 4,000 homeless babies a year with no place to go”
When an 8-year-old boy was told his punishment for napping was going without food for three days, Mandy Brooks knew her humanitarian trip to an orphanage in Chimaltenango, Guatemala would be a life-long ... via The Spectrum Online Edition
Monday Apr 28 | Fides News
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops' Conference supports Bishop of San Marcos, who has once again ...
“May the Spirit of Pentecost, that led the Christians to be witnesses at the beginning of the Church, grant us courage and strength in order to continue Jesus' mission today and that united, we may continue to announce the Gospel of love and life”
The Bishops' Conference of Guatemala has issued a statement in support of Bishop Alvaro Leonle Ramazzini Imeri of San Marcos, in response to the death threats he has received. via Fides News
Saturday Apr 26 | Stonewall Argus & Teulon Times
Bill Smedts was caught reading the Argus in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala on Lake Atitlan. via Stonewall Argus & Teulon Times
Thursday Apr 24 | International Herald Tribune
Mayan TV channel goes on the air in Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY : A new Mayan television channel has aired its first program in Guatemala focusing on Mayan culture and language. via International Herald Tribune






