Guatemala News Archives

“The guard told me, 'The worms also have a right to eat.'”

Unmarked U.S. government jets roared into La Aurora International Airport, dropped off a crowd of forlorn passengers and roared back into the sky almost every weekday this year. via Alameda Times-Star

Guatemala, Dec 25 The Guatemalan government is planning to analyze on Wednesday if it will increase the minimum wage in 2008, after the negotiations between employers and workers in the National Salary ... via Prensa Latina

“I'm sure that people drove by him, walked past him. Finally, somebody called”

Not in a closed blue casket, bumping across a pitch-black Guatemalan mountain pass in the rain and mud. via Pleasant Hill Record

From correspondents in Americas, 01:34 PM IST At least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 injured in shootings and accidents during the Christmas holiday in Guatemala, emergency service officials have ... via India eNews

At least 11 people were killed and 20 were injured by gun fire and road accidents during Christmas, Guatemalan rescue services said on Tuesday, according to news reaching Mexico City. via People's Daily Online

“You have to be careful over there”

Sebastian's father Simon, 70, works on his yard in the El Naranjo Village, municipality of San Lucas Toliman, Solola, Guatemala, on Friday Aug. via Contra Costa Times

“When he was arrested he said another individual primarily committed the murder and he was a witness, "Giannini said. "However, the prosecution alleges he was a far more active participant.”

Although the man prosecutors believe helped killed a high school freshman in 2001 remains at large, his alleged accomplice is expected to learn Wednesday if he'll stand trial for the murder authorities appear ... via San Mateo Daily Journal

“Now they pay better because the coffee is of better quality”

GUATEMALA CITY, Dec 22 - "Before, we didn't know how to market the coffee, or who would buy it in other countries, all we knew about was planting and harvesting," says Guatemalan coffee grower Pablo Perez. via Inter Press Service

“It's almost like everyone came.”

A 61-year-old night janitor named Lucas was the first of the Kaqchikel Maya to settle in the flatland suburbs near Tennyson Road. via Contra Costa Times

CD Luis Angel Firpo won their eighth Liga Mayor of El Salvador by defeating CD F.A.S. in the 2007 Apertura Final 5:3 on penalties after a 1:1 draw at the Estadio CuscatlA n in San Salvador on 16 December. via Paddock Talk

Over the course of the last five years international adoption from Guatemala has escalated. via Helium