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» The OneWorld Guatemala Country Guide
The aim of this Guide is to provide a brief introduction to human rights and sustainable development issues in Guatemala
06/23/2008 One month after the largest, single-site workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, hundreds of residents of Postville, Iowa are unable to work or feed their families as they await deportation orders that could take months.
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06/13/2008 As food prices and hunger continue to rise worldwide, small farmers in Brazil, Guatemala, and Mexico are suggesting solutions quite different than the free trade policies endorsed at a recent UN food summit in Rome.
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06/04/2008 Fertility rates in Central America far exceed the Latin American average because Central American youth lack access to sex education, contraceptives, and youth-oriented policies, says a new study by a sexual health institute.
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Rigoberta Menchú, a prominent Guatemalan rights activist fighting state oppression.
05/19/2008 Although an official truce was declared in 1996, the rate of violent deaths in Guatemala continues at a pace similar to that of the genocidal 36-year civil war. Many believe this is due to the continuity of "'social cleansing' operations," writes Joy Agner.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
Image: Rigoberta Menchú, a prominent Guatemalan rights activist fighting state oppression. © Radio Netherlands
03/28/2008 "Ennen käsityöyhdistykseen liittymistä kyhjötimme kodeissamme. Nyt uskallamme liikkua ulkona ja ansaitsemme rahaa perheillemme", guatemalalainen mayanainen Nicolasa Raxtun, 30, kertoo.
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03/27/2008 NEW YORK, Mar 27 (OneWorld) - There will likely be fewer wildfires and more trees for future generations if loggers abide by a set of international rules on forest management, says a new study by independent environmentalists.
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02/28/2008 Ihmisoikeustoimijoita vastaan hyökätään Guatemalassa keskimäärin joka toinen päivä. Heitä uhkaillaan, pahoinpidellään ja jopa murhataan. Tapauksia tutkitaan kuitenkin vain harvoin, ja syylliset jäävät lähes aina rankaisematta.
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From: Suomen YK-liitto
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02/26/2008 In harrowing testimony, survivors recount the Guatemalan military's scorched earth campaign of the 1980s and 90s that forced indigenous communities to face death, life in hiding, or the confines of ghetto-like controlled villages.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
02/07/2008 A Spanish judge is currently hearing testimonies from Guatemalan survivors of genocide and other crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Guatemalan military against the Mayan population of this country during the 1980s.
From: Center for Justice & Accountability
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Mayaintiaanit ovat guatemalalaisten enemmistö.
02/06/2008 Jopa kaksi kolmesta guatemalalaisesta kuuluu johonkin maan yli kahdestakymmenestä alkuperäiskansasta. Nyt Guatemalan intiaanilapset saavat kouluissa opetusta omilla kielillään, mikä vahvistaa monikulttuurisuutta ja ottaa intiaanit mukaan kehitykseen.
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From: Suomen IPS
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Image: Mayaintiaanit ovat guatemalalaisten enemmistö.
11/20/2007 Four members of an election monitoring delegation reflect on Guatemala's recent presidential race and conclude that ongoing changes are "creating space for democracy."
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From: Unitarian Universalist Service Committee
11/06/2007 Keskustavasemmistolainen Álvaro Colom lupaa yhdistää maan taistelussa äärimmäistä köyhyyttä vastaan. Köyhyysrajan alapuolella elää puolet guatemalalaisista.
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10/30/2007 Retired general and leading presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina may have played a role in numerous atrocities committed during the country's civil war, but Guatemalans appear to be overlooking the details, comments academic Ivan Briscoe.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
10/16/2007 Suomen suurlähetystön tuki on vauhdittanut guatemalalaisten kuurosokeiden pääsyä avoimille työmarkkinoille. Asenteiden on kuitenkin muututtava vielä paljon, sillä tilastojen mukaan Guatemalassa on lähes 2 000 kuurosokeaa lasta.
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10/05/2007 Ten years ago in Guatemala, a group of Habitat for Humanity workers recognized the economic value of coffee to many Latin American families and founded Café Campesino. Tripp Pomeroy gives us a tour and history of this organic fair trade coffee company.
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From: Co-op America
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10/02/2007 While the two presidential candidates compete for votes in the politically important cities, Guatemala's large but quiet peasant population suffers from poverty, injustice and famine, comments columnist Saulo Araujo.
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From: Grassroots International
09/17/2007 Though election day was relatively peaceful and smooth for Guatemala's first round of presidential voting last week, the campaign season was far from peaceful and now voters must choose between candidates who offer little more than political rhetoric, explains editor and activist Cyril Mychalejko.
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From: North American Congress on Latin America
09/11/2007 The two leading presidential candidates will compete in runoffs later this year after what international lawyer Renata Avila saw as an exemplary showcase of democracy this weekend.
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From: Global Voices Online
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