Chimaltenango, Guatemala News

“When I first arrived here, my first day, I wanted to go back. My parents weren't here; I didn't speak Spanish very well.”

Martina Jimenez, 24, a Guatemala Mayan from Santiago Chimaltenango, Huehuetenango, is all smiles as she talks about her life on Friday April 4, 2008 at her house in Oakland, Calif. via Inside Bay Area

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The deputy head of a provincial jail in Guatemala was killed in a mutiny by inmates belonging to street gangs, the authorities said Friday. via Earth Times

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Rioting Guatemalan prisoners have beheaded a senior prison official, reports reaching here from Guatemala City on Friday said. via People's Daily

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“I started this project because a law passed in Guatemala making all adoptions illegal, resulting in more than 4,000 homeless babies a year with no place to go”

When an 8-year-old boy was told his punishment for napping was going without food for three days, Mandy Brooks knew her humanitarian trip to an orphanage in Chimaltenango, Guatemala would be a life-long ... via The Spectrum Online Edition

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“May the Spirit of Pentecost, that led the Christians to be witnesses at the beginning of the Church, grant us courage and strength in order to continue Jesus' mission today and that united, we may continue to announce the Gospel of love and life”

The Bishops' Conference of Guatemala has issued a statement in support of Bishop Alvaro Leonle Ramazzini Imeri of San Marcos, in response to the death threats he has received. via Fides News

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Guatemala's first ever trial for enforced disappearances began last week. A former paramilitary, Felipe Cusanero, was accused on Monday 10 March of participating in the enforced disappearance of six civilians, ... via Amnesty International

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Washington had its spring break. Generally , this college holiday is celebrated by going to Cancun and chugging beer. via The Free Lance-Star

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“My husband had taken a cow out to pasture when an army platoon took him away. He was missing for 25 years, until his corpse was exhumed two years ago”

CHIMALTENANGO, Guatemala, Mar 11 - "My husband had taken a cow out to pasture when an army platoon took him away. via Inter Press Service

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Guatemala's first trial on 'forced disappearance' charges began Monday in connection with six civilians who went missing during the nation's 36-year civil war.

The term 'forced disappearance' refers to state-sponsored abductions in which the victim is never seen again or accounted for. The war between leftist guerrillas and the government left about 200,000 dead and 40,000 missing before a peace agreement was reached in 1996.

Felipe Cusanero, a former farmer and member of civilian paramilitary forces active during the war, appeared in court Monday to face charges that he was responsible for six disappearances between November 1982 and October 1984. Read more

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“Wal-Mart is committed to the future of Central America, and we are proud to be part of efforts to promote economic growth and improve quality of life in the region”

GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - March 5, 2008 - The global relief and development organization Mercy Corps, the United States Agency for International Development , Wal-Mart and the Guatemalan nonprofit ... via CSRwire.com

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