Guatemala
Organized crime: part of the system in Guatemala
August 30, 2010While thousands of Guatemalans go hungry, everything indicates that the country's crime wave is part and parcel of a neoliberal effort to weaken the state as much as possible.
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Organized crime: Part of the system in Guatemala
August 27, 2010GUATEMALA CITY -- Tens of thousands of Guatemalans are going hungry and hundreds of thousands of children suffer from malnutrition and even die of hunger, thanks to a system that keeps them submerged in extreme poverty.
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U.S. files labor rights complaint against Guatemala
August 6, 2010The complaint, filed last week, is the first time the U.S. has pursued a labor rights case against a free-trade partner.
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World Notes: Guatemala, Bolivia, Palestine, Iraq
March 15, 2010In Guatemala, abused women find voice; Bolivia reduces maternal deaths; Palestinian women bear burden of crisis; Iraqi birth defects soar.
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UN panel exonerates Guatemalan president in bizarre murder-suicide
January 14, 2010On Jan. 12, there was a bizarre twist in the investigation by a special UN panel of the death of a right-wing attorney last year. According to the UN sponsored International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala,...
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