tips4travels.com gives you the latest news from Guatemala http://tips4travels.com/en Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:17:14 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/hunger-again-in-guatemala-appeal-seeks-$-34-million-to-prevent-food-shortage.htm United Nations and partners seek $34 million to assist drought-stricken Guatemalans. In Guatemala, WFP supports 350,000 people in school and preschool feeding, and mother/child care. The United Nation... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/lazing-around-in-beautiful-belize.htm , he and his brother began snorkeling around the pilings in murky Alamitos Bay near Long Beach, Calif. It was one of the most intriguing places I'd ever been, he says rapturously, nearly 50 years la... Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:26:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/from-belize-tax-haven-to-tories-via-southampton.htm status, as the Tories were accused of failing to co-operate fully with the inquiry. An 18-month investigation by the Electoral Commission rejected Labour claims that donations made by Lord Ashcroft's ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 22:51:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/un-and-partners-seek-$34-million-to-assist-drought-stricken-guatemalans.htm The United Nations, together with the Guatemalan Government and aid partners, today launched a $34 million appeal to counter food shortages affecting 2.7 million people living in the Central American ... Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/taxes-and-violence-in-guatemala.htm Guatemala. The Presidents of the Bi- National Chambers of Commerce in Guatemala, ASCABI, have solicited that the government implements a national state of prevention, as a measure to provide a bet... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:44:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/cascal-n.v.-receives-final-payment-for-2005-sale-of-belize-water-services-to-government-of-belize.htm trading on November 10, 2009. Cascal will host a conference call at 9 a.m. ET (2 p.m. GMT) on PR Newswire , http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/13/Cascal_NV_Schedules_Second_Quarter_2010_Earnings_Conf... Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:36:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatemalan-officials-in-trouble-over-drug-robberies.htm Guatemala’s national police chief and the country’s anti-drug czar have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in robbery and cocaine crimes. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 18:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatemala-in-the-eye-of-the-hurricane-ministry-of-the-interior-in-turmoil.htm Guatemala City.- Firings at the Ministry of the Interior, Minister Raul Velasquez on Sunday and firing of Vice- Ministers of the Ministry of the Interior on Monday, accusations of involvement of o... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/oronoco-man-arrested-in-belize.htm Belize facing the possibility of new criminal charges. Local authorities learned last week that Robert Carl Saterdalen, 71, is being held in Belize City, Belize, for possession of Tue, 02 Mar 2010 15:52:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/memorial-ceremony-on-the-international-day-for-the-victims-of-holocaust-in-guatemala.htm Guatemala City.- The Israeli Embassy and the Guatemalan Jewish Community commemorated the International Day of Commemoration of the Holocaust Victims, declared by the United Nations (UN). A solemn cer... Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:23:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/former-marion-woman-and-family-killed-in-belize-plane-crash.htm CITY — Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, Newsvine , http://article.wn.com/view/2010/03/01/US_family_killed_in_Belize_plane_crash_... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/western-ky.-students-faculty-help-out-in-belize.htm says blacks and Hispanics make up 8.8 percent of tenured and tenure-track faculty at universities nationwide. The Boston Globe Newsday , http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/16/Boston_area_colleges_lag... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 05:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/family-from-new-york-belizean-businessman-killed-in-crash-of-small-plane-in-belize.htm CITY — Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, Newsvine , http://article.wn.com/view/2010/03/01/US_family_killed_in_Belize_plane_crash_... Mon, 01 Mar 2010 00:12:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/us-family-killed-in-belize-plane-crash.htm BELIZE CITY — Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, New York, and a prominent Belizean businessman. Police Sgt. Leslie Logan says... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:06:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/us-family-killed-in-belize-plane-crash.htm BELIZE CITY -- Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, New York, and a prominent Belizean businessman.Police Sgt. Leslie Logan says Michael a... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:53:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/us-family-killed-in-belize-plane-crash.htm BELIZE CITY — Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, New York, and a prominent Belizean businessman. Police Sgt. Leslie Logan says Mic... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:41:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/us-family-killed-in-belize-plane-crash.htm THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BELIZE CITY -- Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, New York, and a prominent Belizean businessman. Police Sgt. Le... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:39:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/us-family-killed-in-belize-plane-crash.htm BELIZE CITY - Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, New York, and a prominent Belizean businessman. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/us-family-killed-in-belize-plane-crash.htm Filed at 9:14 p.m. ET BELIZE CITY (AP) -- Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, New York, and a prominent Belizean businessman. Police Sgt... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/us-family-killed-in-belize-plane-crash.htm BELIZE CITY (AP) -- Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, New York, and a prominent Belizean businessman. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/family-from-new-york-belizean-businessman-killed-in-crash-of-small-plane-in-belize.htm BELIZE CITY (AP) — Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, New York, and a prominent Belizean businessman. Police Sgt. Leslie Logan says... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:25:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/us-family-killed-in-belize-plane-crash.htm Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, New York, and a prominent Belizean businessman. Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/us-family-killed-in-belize-plane-crash.htm BELIZE CITY—Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, New York, and a prominent Belizean businessman. Police Sgt. Leslie Logan says Michae... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/us-family-killed-in-belize-plane-crash.htm BELIZE CITY (AP) - Authorities in Belize have identified the victims of a small-plane crash as a family from Albany, New York, and a prominent Belizean businessman. Police Sgt. Leslie Logan says Micha... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/even-if-the-sky-is-gray-there-are-rainbows-underwater-in-belize.htm Society (EWS), even as the idea of installing artificial reef balls on the seabed is catching fancy among many in the UAE and beyond. Coral reefs are one of the most biologically diverse and vulnerabl... Sun, 28 Feb 2010 02:07:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/la-presidents-at-world-coffee-conference-in-guatemala.htm Guatemala City. The President of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, The President of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes and the President of Honduras, Porfirio Lobo, have confirmed their attendance at the World C... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/drug-trafficking-a-major-security-threat-for-guatemala-and-the-region.htm According to the International Narcotics Control Board latest report, in Guatemala, Central America and the Caribbean drug trafficking has become a major security threat and has an impact on the incre... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/la-and-carribean-leaders-summit-special-declaration-on-guatemala.htm Latin American and Caribbean heads of state and government thanked President of Guatemala, Álvaro Colom, for the information he provided during the Latin American and Caribbean Unity Summit on the re... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/cascal-n.v.-receives-final-payment-for-2005-sale-of-belize-water-services-to-government-of-belize.htm trading on November 10, 2009. Cascal will host a conference call at 9 a.m. ET (2 p.m. GMT) on PR Newswire , http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/07/Cascal_NV_Schedules_Second_Quarter_2010_Earnings_Conf... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:40:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/indigenous-women-in-guatemala-and-climate-change.htm Guatemala City.This week, the United Nations Development Fund for Women, UNIFEM, the Defense of Indigenous Women, DEMI, the Foundation Guatemala, Groots International, the commission Huarou and associ... Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:17:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/president-of-guatemala-appreciates-oas-support-during-political-crisis.htm The President of the Republic of Guatemala, Álvaro Colom, today expressed his appreciation to the Organization of American States (OAS) before its Permanent Council for the unanimous support of the h... Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:37:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/world-coffee-conference-in-guatemala-don&acutet-miss-it.htm World Coffee Conference in Guatemala takes place from 26 to 28 February 2010. The location is in Guatemala City at the Hotel Camino Real. Majestic volcanoes, varied microclimates and exceptional Guat... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/russian-minister-of-foreign-affairs-sergey-lavrov-on-official-visit-to-guatemala.htm Guatemala City.- Sergey Viktorovich Lavrov, Foreign Minister of Russia is on his first official visit to Guatemala. He will meet with Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom, Foreign Minister Haroldo Rodas,... Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/the-phoenix-resort-belize.htm and Caicos Download image PROVIDENCIALES, Turks Caicos, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Grace Bay Resorts, the company behind the celebrated Grace Bay Club (www.gracebayclub.com) in Turks and Caicos, has... Sun, 14 Feb 2010 07:55:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatemala&#039s-president-on-official-visit-to-the-us.htm The President of Guatemala, Álvaro Colom Caballeros, will make an official visit to the United States of America from the 16th to the 18th of February. He will hold a series of meetings with U.S. off... Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:17:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/17-ex-military-wanted-in-the-dos-erres-massacre-in-guatemala.htm Human Rights Groups in Guatemala have informed about a significant breakthrough of the Dos Erres massacre case. The case is being tried 27 years after it happened in December 1982, over 250 people whe... Sat, 13 Feb 2010 14:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/cascal-n.v.-receives-final-payment-for-2005-sale-of-belize-water-services-to-government-of-belize.htm trading on August 10, 2009. Cascal will host a conference call at 9 a.m. ET on PR Newswire , http://article.wn.com/view/2010/01/28/Cascal_NV_Schedules_First_Quarter_2010_Earnings_Conference_C/ , htt... Sat, 13 Feb 2010 13:29:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/belize-arrest-latest-in-drug-smuggling-case.htm ring that authorities say smuggled more than 100 tons of marijuana into the U.S. between 1985 and 1988. That case reached its climax Thursday with The Examiner , http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/05... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/drug-smuggling-suspect-arrested-in-belize.htm in the soles The Columbus Dispatch , http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/10/Belize_police_arrest_area_man_on_1997_drug_smuggling_charges/ , http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/local_news/stories/201... Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:38:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/rainbow-of-underwater-color-shines-in-belize.htm Belize - It was a dark, rainy, gray day. We don't go for monochrome excursions during our tropical adventures, so this kind of day was not acceptable. Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:58:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatemala-protests-arrest-of-3-in-florida-over-passports.htm immigration agents at a FedEx office in Florida, when one of the immigrants went to pick up a package containing his newly issued Guatemalan passport. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/7-held-in-killing-of-guatemala-lawyer.htm Guatemala on Friday arrested seven suspects, including five police officers, in the killing of a prominent lawyer who had accused President Álvaro Colom of involvement in his death in a posthumou... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatemalan-leaders-under-pall-in-lawyer&rsquos-killing.htm United Nations commission created to prop up Guatemala’s ailing judiciary.The killing of Mr. Rosenberg, early in the morning on Mother’s Day, would have been just one more in a long list o... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatemalan-protesters-demand-president&rsquos-resignation-over-case-of-slain-lawyer.htm GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Thousands of Guatemalans protested on Sunday to demand that the president resign over accusations that he ordered a lawyer killed, a scandal threatening the administration o... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:21:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/landslide-kills-22-in-north-guatemala.htm Guatemala on Sunday when part of a mountain collapsed on a walking trail, emergency authorities said. The landslide happened in a sparsely populated area in the district of Alta Verapaz, 124 miles fro... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/a-firing-in-guatemala.htm Guatemala fired his security chief on Thursday after the discovery of seven unauthorized listening devices and video cameras in the presidential office and residence. “This is serious,” Mr... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/10-killed-in-guatemalan-plane-crash.htm Guatemala on Sunday, killing 10 people, including five Americans, an aviation official and a survivor said. The Cessna Caravan crashed about 60 miles east of Guatemala City, the country’s capita... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/immigrants-facing-deportation-by-u.s.-hospitals.htm Medicaid does not cover long-term care for illegal immigrants, or for newly arrived legal immigrants, creating a quandary for hospitals, which are obligated by federal regulation to arrange post-hospi... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/iowa-rally-protests-raid-and-conditions-at-plant.htm Iowa — About 1,000 people, including Hispanic immigrants, Catholic clergy members, rabbis and activists, marched through the center of this farm town on Sunday and held a rally at the entrance to... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/after-iowa-raid-immigrants-fuel-labor-inquiries.htm immigration agents raided the kosher meatpacking plant here in May and rounded up 389 illegal immigrants, they found more than 20 under-age workers, some as young as 13. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/immigrants-find-solace-after-storm-of-arrests.htm Once a month or so, Father Ouderkirk drove back to St. Bridget’s to officiate at a wedding or baptize a baby. He savored those rituals, proof that the Hispanic immigrants who had arrived over th... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/an-interpreter-speaking-up-for-migrants.htm Iowa — In 23 years as a certified Spanish interpreter for federal courts, Erik Camayd-Freixas has spoken up in criminal trials many times, but the words he uttered were rarely his own. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:20:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/belize-police-arrest-area-man-on-1997-drug-smuggling-charges.htm police the Bekaa revealed on Monday a new and creative way of smuggling illegal substances: a carpet made out of cocaine. The carpet was weaved from strings made Daily Star Lebanon , http://article.w... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:48:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/eu-supports-guatemala&#039s-food-security-with-33-8-m-euros.htm Guatemala City. The EU new initiative supports the five strategic objectives of the Strategic Plan for Food Security and Nutrition (PESAN, Plan Estratégico de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional) fro... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:30:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/boston-man-wanted-in-1994-slaying-caught-in-belize.htm issued following the 1995 The Boston Globe , http://article.wn.com/view/2010/02/10/Suspect_wanted_in_1995_Roxbury_slaying_is_arrested_in_Belize/ , http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/arti... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:17:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/suspect-wanted-in-1995-roxbury-slaying-is-arrested-in-belize.htm search was underway yesterday for a 15-year-old from Dorchester whom accused of stabbing his mother, sister, and three others in two attacks since Wednesday. The first occurred Wednesday about 8:15 p.... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:23:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/fugitive-in-&rsquo95-murder-caught-in-belize.htm nice field. It was a complete recreational area.'' That was then. The Cass The Boston Globe , http://article.wn.com/view/2010/01/26/Relations_grow_frosty_in_quest_to_restore_rink/ , http://www.bosto... Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:23:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/iachr-welcomes-decision-of-guatemala&#039s-supreme-court-of-justice.htm February 3, 2010 - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), expresses its satisfaction over the decision of the Supreme Court to reopen criminal investigations in four cases of grave hum... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:35:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatemala-confirms-first-case-of-swine-flu.htm Summary• Today, the first case of Influenza A (H1NI) in Guatemala was confirmed. To date, the total number of confirmed cases of Influenza A (H1N1) in the Americas Region is 1,370 in 7 countries of ... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/rigoberta-menchu&acutes-political-committee-winaq-and-youtube.htm Guatemala. - Rigoberta Menchu´s political movement is growing. Recent events of the committee pro party WINAQ in Quetzaltenango have resulted in gaining new members. WINAQ is using the internet to in... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/mayan-languages-of-guatemala.htm Republic of Guatemala, República de Guatemala. 14,280,596. Indian 55%, Mestizo 44% (1990 WA). National or official language: Spanish. Literacy rate: 48% to 55%; Indian 0% to 25%, Mestizo 75% to 85%. Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/latinbiz-presents-ms.-ruby-ortiz-guatemalan-with-woman-of-virtue-award-in-florida.htm Women of Virtue is an award presented to ten outstanding women from South Florida every year by LATINBIZ. Among the 2008 honorees is Ms. Ruby Ortiz, Guatemalan. She has been serving the South Florida ... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/good-news-from-rio-dulce-our-sweet-river.htm Guatemala, Rio Dulce. Rio Dulce means literally “Sweet River”. As a Guatemalan I never thought about the meaning of the name, until a tragic event put Rio Dulce on the world wide map. The tragic... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatemala-and-the-swedish-international-development-cooperation-agency.htm How Sweden and Sida work with international development cooperation The overall goal of Swedish development cooperation is to contribute to making it possible for poor people to improve their living c... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatemalas-government-fight-for-transparency-and-against-corruption.htm Guatemala. It is a very long and difficult fight and it will need the support and cooperation of all political parties, the private sector and civil society sectors. The first steps the Government has... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/ibd-supported-program-by-the-ministry-of-public-finance-to-improve-fiscal-management.htm Guatemala. IBD supported Program by the Ministry of Public Finance to improve fiscal management Guatemala will receive a US$400 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank to support a progr... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/inflation-crisis-in-guatemala.htm In Guatemala, the cost of food and other basic survival items like clothing, housing, furniture, health, transport, and recreation have increased 20.1% during the last year. These items are defined a... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guillermo-saenz-de-tejada-herrera-lawyer.htm Don Guillermo Saenz de Tejada is a Guatemalan institution within the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Relations. His 50 years of civil service has been recognized with numerous awards. The most recent: ... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/international-book-fair-2008.htm The Editors Guild at the Guatemalan Chamber of Industry and the organizing committee of the V International Book Fair in Guatemala invite booksellers and librarians to visit FILGUA 2008 (Feria Interna... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/vital-voices-in-guatemala.htm Guatemala will be a chapter of Vital Voices, one of the worlds leading women organizations. This extraordinary organization started out with the leadership of Hillary Rodham Clinton and Madeliene Albr... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatemala-and-global-biodiversity.htm Guatemala and Global Biodiversity. Guatemala is actively pursuing to position itself in the global initiative of Biodiversity. Guatemala will participate in the 9th Conference of the Convention about ... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/cause-of-beatification-opened-for-guatemalan-carmelite-religious.htm The Archbishop of Guatemala, Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruno, has opened the cause of beatification for Carmelite Sister Maria Teresa of the Most Holy Trinity. The ceremony took place at the archdio... Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:42:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/establishing-a-new-norm-in-guatemala.htm captured ex-President Alfonso Portillo at a beach preparing to flee Guatemala by boat Tuesday, a day after U.S. authorities charged him with laundering Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:36:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/justice-groups-monitor-election-of-attorney-general-and-controller-general-of-guatemala.htm Today the Pro Justice Movement of Guatemala sends out a very important communication regarding the upcoming elections of the Attorney General on the 15th of May this year and the election of a new... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/brazil&#039s-president-lula-wins-world-economic-forum-global-statesmanship-award.htm • Brazilian Minister of Foreign Relations Celso Amorim accepts first Forum Global Statesmanship Award on behalf of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva• Lula da Silva calls for decisive leadership... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/rebuild-global-economy-on-sustainable-principles.htm Davos-Klosters Switzerland, 28 January 2010 - At the conclusion of the 40th World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, participants pledged to rethink, rebuild and redesign the global economy based on s... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/davos-president-sarkozy-calls-for-a-new-bretton-woods.htm • French President Sarkozy calls for a -new Bretton Woods- and a re-examination of the fairness of globalization and capitalism• The world must move from rhetoric to reality and take concrete acti... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/secret-detention-crime-against-humanity.htm GENEVA (26 January 1010) - The two independent UN experts on counter-terrorism and torture, and two UN expert bodies on arbitrary detention and enforced or involuntary disappearances* issued a wide-ra... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/new-study-finds-that-70-reductions-in-maternal-and-50-newborn-deaths-are-within-reach.htm NEW YORK - Maternal deaths in developing countries could be slashed by 70 per cent and newborn deaths cut nearly in half if the world doubled investment in family planning and pregnancy-related care, ... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/climate-change-will-cost-137-of-current-gdp-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-by-2100.htm The study projects that without international mitigation efforts, the region could suffer important losses in agriculture and biodiversity, strong pressures on infrastructure and a growing intensity o... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/eclac-and-idb-collaborate-in-studies-of-the-economics-of-climate-change-in-latin-america.htm A regional and eight national reports will be completed during 2010 as a result of an agreement between both institutions. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the I... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/cicig-and-the-alfonso-portillo-case.htm Guatemala - At the press conference today in CICIG offices, United Nation Commission against Impunity, the Guatemalan Attorney General Amilcar Velasquez stated the following: 52 people participated i... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:32:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/oas-secretary-general-welcomes-commitments-of-porfirio-lobo-president-elect-of-honduras.htm On January 22, 2010, The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, said the commitments announced Wednesday in Dominican Republic by Porfirio Lobo, the Pres... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/cicig-and-guatemalan-authorities-bust-major-drug-ring.htm Guatemala City. In a joint operation today the Guatemalan national police, the military and CICIG, UN Commission against impunity in Guatemala, 13 persons where captured. 10 of the people had been inv... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/alarming-picture-of-condition-of-indigenous-people.htm Indigenous peoples make up one-third of the world's poorest and suffer alarming conditions in all countries.First UN publication on the state of the world's indigenous peoples reveals alarming statist... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/iachr-publishes-report-on-honduras.htm Washington, D.C., January 20, 2010 - The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) today published the report entitled Honduras: Human Rights and the Coup d'État. The IACHR conducted an on-si... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/president-colom-and-guatemala&acutes-private-sector-meet.htm . This is the first meeting between the Guatemalan Government and the private sector after the Rosenberg case has been cleared by CICIG. Juan Alberto Fuentes, Guatemala's Finance Minister, stated that... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/un-in-guatemala-condemns-recent-threats-against-mrs.-norma-cruz.htm UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM IN GUATEMALA CONDEMNS THREATS AGAINST NORMA CRUZ, DIRECTOR OF ‘SURVIVORS FOUNDATION' The United Nations System in Guatemala condemns the recent threats against Mrs. Norma Cruz... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/communiqu&eacute-of-the-government-of-guatemala-to-the-people-and-government-of-haiti.htm The Government of the Republic of Guatemala, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed it's solidarity with the people and Government of the Republic of Haiti, for the unfortunate loss of live... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/rosenberg-murder-was-suicide.htm Guatemala City. Guatemala's Rosenberg murder was suicide, according to today's statements of Dr. Carlos Castresana, Director of the CICIG, International Commission against Impunity, entity in charge o... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/from-guatemala-planting-trees-happy-holidays-peace-to-the-world.htm The Guatemala Times best wishes, Planting trees, Happy Holidays, Peace to the World. Another year has passed, and The Guatemala Times is now 1.5 years old. We want to thank all those who have suppor... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/deal-reached-at-cop-15.htm Key states have reached what they call a meaningful agreement at the Copenhagen climate summit. EU Commision Spokesperson: A deal is better than no deal. What could be agreed today, falls far below o... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatermalas-vice-president-dr.-rafael-espada-speech-at-cop-15.htm Copenhagen, 17 December, the Vice President of Guatemala, Rafael Espada, delivered his speech at the Plenary Session of the 15th United Nations Conference on Climate Change Convention Center in Bella ... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatemalan-foreign-ministry-launches-public-outreach-program-in-u.s.htm Global Justice provides free legal assistance to Guatemalans in U.S. and speedy to access help through groundbreaking internet system.MIAMI, Dec. 18. The Foreign Ministry of Guatemala today launched a... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/allegations-of-police-killings-must-be-investigated.htm Guatemala: Allegations of police killings must be investigated-New report.Posted: 15 December 2009Amnesty International has condemned the failure of the Guatemalan authorities to thoroughly investigat... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/the-pope-knows-about-climate-change-why-don&#039t-you.htm MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS POPE BENEDICT XVI FOR THE CELEBRATION OF THE WORLD DAY OF PEACE. IF YOU WANT TO CULTIVATE PEACE, PROTECT CREATION 1. At the beginning of this New Year, I wish to offer heartfe... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/questions-about-honduran-election-results.htm Honduran Election Results Still Need To Be Scrutinized, State Department Dashes Hopes that a Transformative Latin America Policy Has Been Born.A growing number of nations in the international communit... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/spanish-judge-tries-guatemalan-genocide-case-operation-sofia.htm SPANISH JUDGE HEARS TESTIMONY FROM EXPERT WITNESSES IN THEGUATEMALA GENOCIDE CASE. FORENSIC EVIDENCE OF MASS MURDER, ARMY DOCUMENTS, AND FILMED INTERVIEWS WITH ALLEGED PERPETRATORS WILL BE INTRODUCED ... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/lynching-and-mob-violence-in-guatemala-why.htm Guatemala City.- Humanitarian organization, Group of Mutual Support, GAM, Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo de Guatemala, has released the latest data on lynching's and mob violence in Guatemala. According to GAM ... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/central-america/guatemala-news/guatemalas-food-insecurity-increased.htm FEWS Guatemala Food Security Outlook Oct 2009 - Mar 2010 Guatemala´s Food insecurity increased due to a combination of climatic, economic, and sanitary factors, which led to an increase in the numbe... Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +0100