81. Human Rights Watch: Americas : Guatemala May 8, 2003 Press Release Agreement Reached on Establishing a Commission of Inquiryin guatemala On March 13, the guatemalan government and human rights http://www.hrw.org/americas/guatemala.php

Home News Releases About HRW Contribute ... Contact Us Guatemala Guatemala: State Recognizes Role in Political Killing But Further Steps Needed to Bring Justice in Past Abuses By recognizing the state’s role in the 1990 murder of anthropologist Myrna Mack, Guatemalan President Oscar Berger today took an important step in promoting accountability for past human rights violations, Human Rights Watch said. April 22, 2004 Press Release Also available in Printer friendly version CAFTA's Weak Labor Rights Protections: Why the Present Accord Should be Opposed A Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper, March 2004 On February 20, 2004, President George W. Bush notified Congress of his intent to sign the U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA)-an accord that the United States recently negotiated with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. According to U.S. law, the president must wait ninety days from the date of notification before signing the agreement and can send it to Congress for a vote any time thereafter. March 10, 2004 Background Briefing

82. HRW: Urge U.S. Companies To Stop Sex Discrimination In Guatemalan Maquilas Urge him to raise the issue with the guatemalan government in appropriate bilateralmeetings, and instruct the US embassy in guatemala to investigate and http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/guatemala/

Home News Releases About HRW Contribute ... Contact Us Stop Sex Discrimination in Guatemalan Maquilas Write, Phone or Fax Now U.S. clothing manufacturers (and two food processing companies) contract with maquilas in Guatemala that discriminate against women on the basis of their reproductive status . Potential female employees are asked invasive questions on applications and in interviews about their pregnancy status, sexual activity, and use of birth control. Some are compelled to prove they are not pregnant before they can be hired. Those who become pregnant once they have been hired are sometimes fired, and often are denied access to their full legal maternity benefits, including access to prenatal health care. This discrimination violates Guatemalan law . It is also illegal in the United States, and it violates international human rights norms Despite the illegality and prevalence of this abuse, the Guatemalan government has not done enough to investigate, remedy, or denounce this form of sex discrimination. Urge the U.S. Secretary of State

83. :: Ez2Find :: Government Guide government, Global Metasearch Any Language http://ez2find.com/cgi-bin/directory/meta/search.pl/Regional/Central_America/Gua

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84. Travel Advice For Guatemala - Australian Department Of Foreign Affairs And Trade Civil unrest in many parts of guatemala continues due to unresolved disputesbetween the guatemalan government and various local groups. http://www.dfat.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/Guatemala

Travel Advice Be updated via email about changes to this Travel Advice Your Address: Advanced Subscriptions / Unsubscription Guatemala This Advice is current for Wednesday, 09 June 2004, EST The Advice was issued on Thursday, 19 February 2004, 17:10:45, EDT This advice has been reviewed and reissued. The overall level of the advice has not changed. Australians in Guatemala should exercise caution and monitor developments that might affect their safety. Australian travellers should be aware of the increased threat of terrorism globally and should consult the General Advice to Australian Travellers, available at http://www.dfat.gov.au/zw-cgi/view/Advice/General Safety and Security Australians in Guatemala should exercise caution and monitor developments that might affect their safety. Civil unrest in many parts of Guatemala continues due to unresolved disputes between the Guatemalan government and various local groups. Tourists have been forcibly detained at roadblocks, border-crossings have been closed and services have been disrupted. Demonstrations occur with little notice and have increasingly turned violent. Australians are advised to avoid demonstrations or any public gathering.

85. US Government Responsible For Genocide And Terror In Guatemala Human rights report documents massacres by military regime. US government responsiblefor genocide and terror in guatemala. By Martin McLaughlin 27 February 1999. http://www.wsws.org/articles/1999/feb1999/guat-f27.shtml

86. SOS Children's Villages UK : Country Information On Guatemala America. In 1831, an indebted Guatemalan government ceded huge territoriesto Great Britain for timber exploitation. These territories http://www.soschildrensvillages.org.uk/html_uk/country_information_on_guatemala.

Country Information on Guatemala Almost two thirds of Guatemala consist of mountainous regions, many of which are of volcanic origin. The Sierra Madre, which runs through the south of Guatemala in an east-westerly direction, divides the country into two drainage systems of different size. Country Information on Costa Rica Several mountain ranges run through the country from north-west to south-east. These include the Cordillera de Talamanca, Cordillera Central, Country Information on Honduras The west of Honduras was part of the Mayan Empire during the 1st millennium AD. The ruins of Copan are evidence of the highly developed Mayan... Mexico Owing to the wide range of temperatures the flora indigenous to Mexico is multifarious. In the north there are cacti, yuccas, agaves, and mesquites. Country Information on Guatemala Terrain Almost two thirds of Guatemala consist of mountainous regions, many of which are of volcanic origin. The Sierra Madre, which runs through the south of Guatemala in an east-westerly direction, divides the country into two drainage systems of different size. The relatively narrow coastal plain on the Pacific Ocean is sufficiently supplied with water and therefore very fertile in the central region, which is most densely populated. The northern lowlands, especially the extensive area around Lake Petén Itzá (near the town of Flores), are covered with pastureland as well as tropical rainforest and are only sparsely populated. Most of the volcanoes of Guatemala are extinct, only three are known to be active, among them the Santiaguito which is located in the south-east. The highest elevation of the country is the volcano Tajumulco (4,220 m) in the south-east.

87. Peace Brigades International, Guatemala In May 2003 the team began operations. Meetings with government authorities focusedon recovering PBI s legal status in guatemala. This was achieved in July. http://www.peacebrigades.org/guatemala.html

P e a c e B r i g a d e s I n t e r n a t i o n a l Guatemala Project Castellano PBI home page PBI-Guatemala Reports Information for Applicants Organizations What you can do Support PBI Join the ERN Volunteer with us Join a delegation ... Help with outreach PBI projects Colombia Indonesia Mexico Joint projects Chiapas, Mexico Project archives Balkans Haiti North America Sri Lanka ... Volunteers needed for work in Guatemala In the light of the upsurge in human rights abuses in Guatemala and requests for accompaniment, in the summer of 2002 PBI decided to reopen the Guatemala Project. Activities in 2003 After the project committee was operating and funds were raised, a delegation was established in April 2003 to prepare for setting up a team in Guatemala. The delegation worked on fundraising, developing links with other organizations and developing a political analysis for the team's initial activities. The delegation met with a variety of organizations in Rabinal, the Petén and Alta Verapaz. A house for the team was rented, and furniture and office equipment were bought. In May 2003 the team began operations. Meetings with Government authorities focused on recovering PBI's legal status in Guatemala. This was achieved in July. Since then, team members have been meeting with the staff of various embassies, and also with UN offices. PBI in Guatemala 1983-1999 Previously, PBI had maintained a team in Guatemala from 1983 to 1999. Its activities included offering an unarmed international presence to Guatemalan individuals, organizations and communities threatened with violence and human rights abuses. The team worked to develop and maintain channels of communication with the different actors involved in the conflict as a means of deepening its understanding of the situation and in order to facilitate communication between groups.

88. LatinWorld: Guatemala - Gobierno | Government | Governo Translate this page Anunciar • Privacidade. LatinWorld. guatemala. Gobierno y PolíticaGovernment and Politics Governo e Política. Constitución - (Español). http://www.latinworld.com/centro/guatemala/government/

Countries Revista Magazine Revista ... About LatinWorld What is it? Advertising Privacy Sobre LatinWorld Que é ele? Anunciar Privacidade LatinWorld Guatemala Government and Politics Governo e Política Agregaduria Militar, Embajada de Guatemala en los Estados Unidos Alvaro Arzu - Presidencia Centro de Estudios de Guatemala Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Ministerio de Salud Guatemala ... Latin World

89. Boston.com / News / Special Reports / Lives Lost / Guatemala The Pediatrics Association of guatemala lobbied the government lastyear to add at least one of the pneumoniafighting vaccines. http://www.boston.com/news/specials/lives_lost/guatemala/

Today's Globe Politics Opinion Education ... Lives Lost 'He could die. One infection, and he could die.' By Raja Mishra, Globe Staff, 1/26/2003 EL CHILE, Guatemala EL CHILE, Guatemala A touch of fever, nothing more. ADVERTISEMENT Certainly nothing unusual for a 1-year-old boy like Franklin Veliz, thought his mother, Miriam Jessenia Morales Mancias. And despite his temperature, the boy, as usual, hugged everyone in sight, then knelt by his mother's bedside to gently kiss her bulging pregnant belly. On Oct. 23, she took him 40 miles from her dusty village to the big city, near the big hospital, to stay with relatives, just in case. That same day, in tiny, remote Chicajalaj, 150 miles west of El Chile, another 1-year-old boy, another fever: Henry Alexander Augustin Orozco, 15 months old and yet to walk a step, his eyes still, fixed somewhere in the distance, his skin a pallid yellow-brown. Henry suffered from severe malnourishment and dehydration from diarrhea. But his father, Federico Augustin Vasquez Orozco, insisted that there was no time to deal with his boy's troubles. There were fields to scour for food. And so he trudged off, leaving his son lying on a soiled blanket, amid swirling flies, as his wife stared blankly into the wide blue sky that enveloped their mountain ridge homestead. Two boys, two families, two sides of a daily health tragedy in a nation recently freed from a 36-year guerrilla war in which more than 100,000 people were assassinated or murdered or simply had disappeared. But after a 1996 peace treaty, democracy took root and the economy awakened from new foreign investment. New health care technology also arrived. By 2001, 6 in 100 children under age 5 died, down from 10 in 100 two decades earlier. And post-war Guatemala had become one of the wealthiest nations in Central America.

90. Amnesty International Report 2002 - Americas - GUATEMALA Republic of guatemala Head of state and government Alfonso Portillo Capital guatemalaCity Population 11.7 million Official language Spanish Death penalty http://web.amnesty.org/web/ar2002.nsf/amr/guatemala?Open

91. An Unfulfilled Human Right: Family Planning In Guatemala II. General Background on guatemala III. government Provision of HealthCare, including Reproductive Health Care Service IV. Violations http://www.crlp.org/pub_bo_guatrep.html

Online Bookstore Domestic Factsheets International Factsheets Briefing Papers ... Women of the World: South Asia An Unfulfilled Human Right: Family Planning in Guatemala PRICE: PAGES: LANGUAGE: English and Spanish ITEM: Read the report online (PDF) To order, visit our online bookstore or call 917-637-3600 and ask for publications. Email publications@reprorights.org This report seeks to demonstrate that the Guatemalan government has fallen woefully short in meeting its international human rights obligations related to the provision of family planning services and information. It examines in some depth the reality in Guatemala: the prevailing socio-economic indicators; how the government provides reproductive health, yet fails to adequately integrate family planning services and information; and the existing consensus among all segments of the Guatemalan population concerning the need for such services and information. The report then establishes the government's responsibility under both international human rights law and under national law for addressing its citizens' right to family planning services and information, as well as other human rights implicated such as the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of gender and race. Related Links RFN article Press release Click here to read the report online.

92. CEH Online Report The conflict officially came to an end with the signing of the Guatemalan PeaceAccords on 29 December 1996 by the Guatemalan government and the Unidad http://shr.aaas.org/guatemala/ceh/

Search by keyword, or Choose a Page AAAS Board Archives Awards Development Education Employment Events International Media Relations Meetings Membership Project 2061 Science Science Books/Films Science Policy Human Rights Action Network Science and Intellectual Property in the Public Interest Scientific Society Action on Human Rights Report on Science and Human Rights ... About CEH Online Report CEH Online Report Informe Completo Guatemala: Memoria del Silencio PDF Version (Recommended; this version is newer and more up-to-date) HTML Version Status Update In April 2000, AAAS and the United Nations Office for Project Services released a CD-ROM containing the entire contents of Guatemala: Memoria del Silencio. The text contents of the CD version of the report are now available free on-line To order the CD for $10 from the AAAS Science and Human Rights Program, send an e-mail with your name and mailing address to shrp@aaas.org . Note: The CD is available in Spanish only. Conclusions and Recommendations: Guatemala: Memory of Silence Guatemala: Memoria del Silencio For nearly thirty-six years, Guatemala suffered a violent internal armed confrontation that profoundly affected almost every sector of society.

93. Portal De Gobierno Pagina principal del Gobierno de la Republica de guatemala, sitios del gobierno, noticias, información de guatemala http://www.guatemala.gob.gt/

94. Congreso De Guatemala Homepage Visitante número http://www.congreso.gob.gt/

95. Gobierno De La República De Guatemala Translate this page Bienvenidos al Portal del Gobierno de la República de guatemala. ORGANIZACIONADMINISTRATIVA DEL SECTOR PUBLICO DE LA REPUBLICA DE guatemala. http://www.guatemala.gob.gt/contenido.htm

Bienvenidos al Portal del Gobierno de la República de Guatemala. Este es un esfuerzo realizado con apoyo del Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología y la Red Académica - Científica y de Gobierno/ MAYANet ORGANIZACION ADMINISTRATIVA DEL SECTOR PUBLICO DE LA REPUBLICA DE GUATEMALA PRESIDENCIA VICEPRESIDENCIA en proyectos de infraestructura en el departamento de Chiquimula PÁGINA DEL SR. PRESIDENTE DE LA REPÚBLICA Desarrollo de la Capacidad en Reducción de la Demanda de Drogas, de ONG´s" Ver noticias anteriores NOTICIAS NOTICIAS COMUNICADOS DE PRENSA ... FOTOGRAFÍAS Eventos de Cancillería Si usted vecino los observa en su comunidad, barrio o colonia, avise inmediatamente a las autoridades o a los teléfonos 110, 120, 2327346 y 2545604. Toda información será confidencial. Encuentre aquí el Directorio de Instituciones y Servicios en línea

96. UA 03/04 - Rosal While the Guatemalan government has promised reconciliation via a friendly resolutionvia the Organization of American States, the government has not complied. http://www.ghrc-usa.org/actions/rosal.htm

97. Guatemala Documents Document 4. February 2, 1984 Recent Kidnappings Signs Point to GovernmentSecurity Forces US Embassy in guatemala, confidential cable. http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB15/

Relevant Declassified U.S. Documents from the National Security Archive’s Guatemala Collection Document 1 October 29, 1983 GUATEMALA: Political Violence CIA, top secret intelligence report Document 2 November 15, 1983 Ambassador’s Comments on the Information Concerning the Deaths of Three AID Project Related Persons Department of State, confidential memo U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala Frederic Chapin is convinced that three Guatemalan AID workers were killed by the presidential intelligence unit "Archivos" in reprisal for recent U.S. pressure over human rights in Guatemala. Document 3 November 21, 1983 Guatemala: Death Squads Resume Activity Department of State, confidential intelligence analysis Document 4 February 2, 1984 Recent Kidnappings: Signs Point to Government Security Forces U.S. Embassy in Guatemala, confidential cable Ambassador Chapin responds to two recent abductions in Guatemala City with a starkly worded cable about the responsibility of Guatemalan security forces in the disappearances and the implications for U.S. policy in the country. "I pointed out the other day in San Salvador the conflict between the desire to incorporate Guatemala into an overall U.S. strategic concept for Central America and the horrible human rights realities in Guatemala. We must come to some resolution in policy terms. Either we can overlook the record and emphasize the strategic concept or we can pursue a higher moral path. We simply cannot flip flop back and forth between the two possible positions."

98. Home Page The Guatemalan government requires that individuals who are adopting from Guatemalasign a statement indicating they are not involved in a gay or lesbian http://www.adoptionservices.org/adopting_families_international_programs_guatema

Adopting Families Information for Birth Mothers Contact Adoption Services Home Guatemalan Program Description Guatemala has been a source of healthy boys and girls for many years with children coming from either foster care homes or from orphanages run by the Guatemalan government. The children in Guatemala are of Hispanic Mestizo or Spanish/Mayan decent. Both boys and girls are available ranging in age from infant to 14 years of age. While many agencies work with either private attorneys or through orphanages, we have access to both foster care programs, where birth mothers transfer custody to a Guatemalan Attorney, and orphanage programs, where the children reside in well run government institutions. * Who can adopt a child from Guatemala? Guatemala allows both single individuals and couples over the age of 25 to adopt. Even those persons with previous divorces are permitted and welcome to adopt. There are also no upper age requirements to adopt from Guatemala. However, individuals who are over 50 years of age may be asked to adopt a slightly older child, usually over the age of 1 year. While marriage and age are not qualifying factors for Guatemala, sexual orientation is a factor. The Guatemalan government requires that individuals who are adopting from Guatemala sign a statement indicating they are not involved in a gay or lesbian relationship and are not homosexual. * How long does the process take in Guatemala?

99. LASER - Latin American School&Educational Resources Backgorund Notes_guatemala The State Department profiles guatemala sgovernment and economy and overviews Gutatemala s history. http://laser.msu.edu/countries/guatemala.php

Countries NORTH AMERICA Mexico CENTRAL AMERICA Belize Costa Rica El Salvador Guatemala ... Panama CARIBBEAN Bahamas Barbados Cuba Dominica ... Grenadines SOUTH AMERICA Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile ... Search country facts Population: 12,974,361 (July 2001 est.) Land Area: 108,890 sq km Comparative Area: slightly smaller than Tennessee Languages: Spanish 60%, Amerindian languages 40% (more than 20 Amerindian languages, including Quiche, Cakchiquel, Kekchi, Mam, Garifuna, and Xinca) Ethnic Groups: Mestizo (Indian and Caucasian mix) 55%, Amerindian 43%, Caucasian and other 2% Government: Constitutional Democratic Republic President: President Alfonso Antonio Portillo Cabrera Capital: Guatemala City (2,205,000)

100. ON THIS DAY | 5 | 1970: West German Envoy Killed By Rebels Infamous murder . guatemala has been in a state of almost perpetual civil war betweenrightwing military governments and left-wing guerrillas since the 1950s. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/5/newsid_2522000/2522703.

Home TV Radio Talk ... A-Z Index 5 April Search ON THIS DAY by date Day Month January February March April May June July August September October November December Front Page Years Themes Witness ... Text Only 1970: West German envoy killed by rebels West Germany's kidnapped ambassador to Guatemala has been shot dead. The body of Count Karl von Spreti was found in an empty shack 10 miles (16 kilometres) to the north of the country's capital, Guatemala City. He had a single bullet wound to the temple believed to have been inflicted by the left-wing rebels who seized him last Tuesday. Count von Spreti was kidnapped six days ago as he travelled from the West German embassy to his home in the suburbs of Guatemala City. The kidnappers - said to be members of the Rebel Armed Forces (FAR) - demanded the release of 25 political prisoners and a $700,000 (£291,000) ransom but the Guatemalan Government refused to negotiate. It was the second time a Central American government has refused to meet kidnappers' demands during the present series of political abductions on the continent. Last week the Argentines refused to intervene in the case of a kidnapped Paraguayan diplomat - he was later released unharmed.

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