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Venezuela to supply Guatemala with oil

AP — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:27:44 +0000

President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that he is expanding his Venezuela’s Petrocaribe oil-supply pact to include Guatemala.

Slow, painful task: identifying Guatemalan dead

AP — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:26:38 +0000

Guatemala’s 36-year civil war cost some 200,000 lives, mostly of Mayan Indians caught between government forces and rebels. Twelve years after peace was signed, forensic anthropologists are still hunting for the...

Guatemala extends adoption reviews

AP — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:26:10 +0000

The review of 2,286 pending adoptions in Guatemala will take at least another month because many birth mothers have not been located, an official said Thursday.

Guatemala paramilitaries sentenced

AP — Thu, 29 May 2008 21:36:32 +0000

Five former paramilitary members have been sentenced to 780 years each in prison for massacring 26 people during one of the more horrifying incidents in Guatemala’s long civil war, a court official said...

Guatemala annuls 15 adoption cases

AP — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:11:29 +0000

Guatemala’s attorney general is annuling 15 pending adoptions by U.S. couples after finding evidence of fraud or other irregularities.

Guatemalan held in illegal adoption case

AP — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:31:44 +0000

The sister of a Guatemalan congressman was charged Wednesday with running an illegal adoption ring after police found nine children in her home.

Sister of Guatemalan lawmaker arrested in adoptions case

AP — Wed, 07 May 2008 18:13:20 +0000

Authorities say a Guatemalan congressman’s sister has been charged with human trafficking after police found nine children in her home awaiting illegal adoption.

Guatemala puts adoptions on hold

AP — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:14:50 +0000

Guatemala’s attorney general on Monday said 2,286 pending foreign adoptions have been placed on hold for at least a month while officials review related...

Guatemala suspends adoptions for a month

AP — Tue, 06 May 2008 01:52:45 +0000

Guatemala’s attorney general on Monday said 2,286 pending foreign adoptions have been placed on hold for at least a month while officials review related...

Guatemala to suspend adoptions for month

AP — Mon, 05 May 2008 23:01:28 +0000

A Guatemalan official says that 2,286 pending adoptions will be suspended for at least a month while officials review related paperwork.