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Guatemala

Type: Country

Name: Guatemala

population: 12,328,450

First Reported 16 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 4 Documents (in Environment)

Global warming compensation

Central American nations will demand $US105 billion ($A114.2 billion) from industrialised countries for damages caused by global warming, the region's representatives say.Central American environment ministers gathered in Guatemala on Friday to discuss ... [Sky News Australia - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Guatemala, Copenhagen, Belize

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 7 Documents (in Environment)

El Nino intensifies Latin America drought

From a devastating food crisis in Guatemala to water cuts in Venezuela, El Nino has compounded drought damage across Latin America this year.The occasional seasonal warming of central and eastern Pacific waters upsets normal weather patterns across the ... [France24 - Science - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Drought, Guatemala, Venezuela

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 2 Documents

Wal-Mart Stores Inc

Wal-Mart Latin America CEO is leaving company

Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) said on Thursday that Vicente Trius, the president and chief executive of Walmart Latin America, is leaving the company less than five months after taking on his latest role.Trius, who was previously CEO of Wal-Mart Asia, took ... [Fresh Plaza - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Guatemala, Saturation, El Salvador, Nicaragua

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Guatemala: Radio 10 sale del cuadrante radiofonico

Most Popular Stories:2. Argentina: Proyecto al congreso3. Guatemala: Presidente estrena programa de radio4. Guatemala: Nueva propuesta de ley de radios comunitarias ... [RW Online - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Guatemala, Argentina

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

40% of Guatemala's Elderly Living in Poverty

40% of Guatemala's Elderly Living in Poverty GUATEMALA - Forty percent of Guatemala's estimated 900,000 residents over the age of 60 are living in a state of poverty, the national ombudsman's office said. The office said in a communique on the occasion ... [Inside Costa Rica - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Guatemala, Alvaro Colom, Well-being

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

El Salvador to build shelter houses for hurricane victims

SAN SALVADOR, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The government of El Salvador on Thursday announced the construction of 1,500 temporary houses for the victims of hurricane Ida that left more than 15,000 people homeless and about 200 deaths in the country.The shelter ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/20/2009]

Entities: El Salvador, Hurricanes, San Salvador (El Salvador), UNACCOUNTED FOR, Hurricane Ida

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents

Guatemala: The Illustrations of Roberto Galvez

The Guatemalan blog Colectiva [es] writes and features modern art around the world, but it also provides special focus on local artists, including Roberto Galvez, whose illustrations were recently featured at the Arte La Fabrica gallery in Guatemala ... [Global Voices Online - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Guatemala

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Children, women most vulnerable in L America: UN body

SANTIAGO, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- The UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said on Thursday that poverty affects children 1.7 times more than adults and affects women 1.15 times more than men in the region.Related The ECLAC ... [Xinhua News Agency - 11/20/2009]

Entities: ECLAC, United Nations, Uruguay

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

DJ US Export Sales: Commodity Highlights - Nov 19

USDA Thursday released the following export highlights in its Export Sales report for week ended Nov 12.Wheat: Net sales of 362,400 metric tons were down 12 percent from the previous week and 13 percent from the prior 4-week average. Increases were reported ... [Individual.com - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Commodity, Guatemala, Nigeria, Philippines, Taiwan

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Conflicts & Crime)

11 Arrested on People-Trafficking Charges in Colombia

BOGOTA - Colombian police arrested 11 people over the weekend who allegedly belonged to two networks that sent young women to Guatemala, Honduras and Panama, where they were forced to work as prostitutes, the National Police said.The arrests were made ... [Inside Costa Rica - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Colombia, Guatemala, Arrests, Antioquia (Colombia)

First Reported 11/20/2009 - Updated 11/20/2009 - 1 Documents

Terence Blacker: A great day for famous do-gooders

For celebrities, highly visible charity activities are a good dealCloseToday is our national caring day. Across the country, people will be involved in activities – sporting, musical or just plain odd – which will raise money for charity. On the BBC, ... [The Independent - 11/20/2009]

Entities: Terence Blacker, Nicolas Cage, United Nations

First Reported 11/19/2009 - Updated 11/19/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

S.Africa maize stocks fall to 6.960 million tonnes

Guatemalan white corn is ready for sale at a distribution center in Guatemala City.JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's maize stocks fell to 6.960 million tonnes at the end of October, compared with a revised 7.806 million tonnes in September, data ... [Sharenet - 11/19/2009]

Entities: Guatemala, Intellectual Property, Corn, Johannesburg

Quotes

...His Nicaraguan counterpart Juana Arguenal said that Central America would press industrialised countries to reach concrete decisions to reduce "greenhouse gases at Copenhagen. Start of sidebar. End of sidebar. "We hope for a deal that is ethical and moral," she said."

Nations to seek billions in 'climate debt' [Daily Telegraph Australia - 15 hours ago]

So far this year, more than 110 women have been killed in this city, according to the counts kept by human rights organisations. "It's a reflection of structural violence. The violence has become more brutal and more widespread, because impunity is the order of the day. We hope that the resolution of the Court will force the state to respond" Casas said. In closed-door sessions that began Monday and will continue until Nov...

RIGHTS-MEXICO: State Held Responsible for Three Juárez Killings [Inter Press Service - 20 hours ago]

"This is a humanitarian crisis," says Patricia Parra, the chief of mission for Doctors Without Borders in Guatemala. "The level of this problem is similar to the levels during the war. We're seeing conflict-level violence against women in what is supposedly a post-conflict country."

Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of women [Christian Science Monitor - 22 hours ago]

In its daily report, BullMarket.com wrote: "Ormat is a vertically integrated company that operates in two segments: Electricity and Products. The Electricity segment develops, builds, owns, and operates geothermal and recovered energy-based power plants, and sells electricity in the United States, Guatemala, Kenya, Nicaragua, and the Philippines. The company operates 12 geothermal sites and has five more under construction. Two of the projects are expected to be complete by year-end, and the other three by the end of 2010 or early 2011."

BullMarket.com Updates Outlook on Green Energy Stocks - Zibb.com [Zibb - 11/20/2009]

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Central America competes unfairly with Dominica... [Dominican Today - 7 hours ago]
ILO Governing Body calls for comprehensive cris... [International Labour Organization - 8 hours ago]
Global warming compensation [Sky News Australia - 13 hours ago]
Guatemala: Nations to seek billions in 'climate... [Brisbane Courier-Mail - 14 hours ago]
Nations to seek billions in 'climate debt' [Daily Telegraph Australia - 15 hours ago]
Central America demands billions in climate dam... [Space Daily - 16 hours ago]
Interview: Mexico improves science education [Xinhua News Agency - 18 hours ago]
Secretary Gates Remarks at the Halifax Internat... [Defense Link - 18 hours ago]
RIGHTS-MEXICO: State Held Responsible for Three... [Inter Press Service - 20 hours ago]
Lambayeque region (Peru) to export 2,500 tonnes... [LivinginPeru - 21 hours ago]
Lending To Subprime Sovereigns [Forbes.com - 22 hours ago]
Guatemala slowly confronts widespread rape of w... [Christian Science Monitor - 22 hours ago]
Drought Caused By El Nino Wreaks Havoc Across L... [Red Orbit - 22 hours ago]
New USAID Mission Director for Benin Sworn In [Street Insider - 23 hours ago]
Cinemark Launches Five New XD Auditoriums In Un... [Business Wire via MSN Money - 11/20/2009]
Cinemark Launches Five New XD Auditoriums In Un... [Business Wire - 11/20/2009]
Guatemala: Radio 10 sale del cuadrante radiofonico [RW Online - 11/20/2009]
BullMarket.com Updates Outlook on Green Energy ... [Zibb - 11/20/2009]
Wal-Mart Latin America CEO is leaving company [Fresh Plaza - 11/20/2009]
Cuban government denies journalists visas [Index on Censorship - 11/20/2009]
BullMarket.com Updates Outlook on Green Energy ... [FinanzNachrichten.de - 11/20/2009]
Guatemala: Beneath the Rock and the Storm - Pho... [Upside Down World - 11/20/2009]
Latin American banana producers accept EU offer [Biz Community - 11/20/2009]
TACA launches daily IAH - Al Salvador service [Routes Online - 11/20/2009]
El Nino intensifies Latin America drought [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/20/2009]
El Nino intensifies Latin America drought [France24 - Science - 11/20/2009]
El Nino intensifies Latin America drought [France24 - Business - 11/20/2009]
El Nino intensifies Latin America drought [France24 - Africa - 11/20/2009]
El Nino intensifies Latin America drought [France24 - europe - 11/20/2009]
El Nino intensifies Latin America drought [France24 - france - 11/20/2009]

Blogs

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Daniel Altschuler: The Clergy and the Coup [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 2 hours ago] Earlier this week, Mary Anastasia O'Grady shamelessly pulled the God card to defend the Honduran coup. Specifically, she handed her Wall Street Journal ...
Feliz Día Nacional del Psicólogo en C... [Mind Hacks - 11/20/2009] Colombia has an official Day of the Psychologist and you might be forgiven for thinking that it's a self-declared promotional event by the psychology association ...
Andrea Buchanan: The Pursuit of Parenthood: Cin... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - 11/19/2009] We live next door to identical twins girls from Guatemala named Cindy and Sandy. They have very thick accents, always dress in the same clothes and walk ...
Guatemala: The Streets of the Capital City [Global Voices Online - 11/19/2009] The look of the streets of Guatemala City has changed over the past 20 years. The blog Guate en los 80s [es] takes a look at the culture of that decade, and includes ...
Guatemala: The Illustrations of Roberto Galvez [Global Voices Online - 11/19/2009] The Guatemalan blog Colectiva [es] writes and features modern art around the world, but it also provides special focus on local artists, including Roberto Galvez, ...

Audio/Video

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Drug war spreads to Guatemala [CNN International - YouTube - 11/20/2009]
Drug war spreads to Guatemala [CNN.com - Video - 11/20/2009]
The gloomy wonders of Prague. [Slate Magazine - 11/15/2009]
Artful Prague [Slate Magazine - 11/15/2009]
Low cost affordable Sleep Apnea Treatment [Mefeedia Video Tag : medici - 10/28/2009]

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