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August 30, 2011 14:39
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Should kidnapped girl go home?

Child snatched in Guatemala was adopted in US
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Many Guatemalan mothers say their children were snatched away, only to be put up for adoption in the U.S. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

A little six-year-old girl has been caught up in an international adoption case.

Her mother claims the girl was kidnapped near their home in Guatemala several years ago, according to an interview she gave the Guardian.

After the woman and her husband searched all over town, a local human-rights group finally found the girl on a roster of children available for adoption in the U.S.

They were too late to intervene. The child had already been legally adopted by a couple from Kansas City, Mo.

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Guatemalans deliberately infected with syphilis by US researchers

News DeskAugust 30, 2011 12:29
Of the about 5,500 Guatemalans involved in the research, some 1,300 were infected with a sexually transmitted disease, the commission found. Of those, about 700 received treatment.
August 29, 2011 17:19
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US concludes inquiry into Guatemalan abuses

No word yet on whether surviving patients or their relatives will be compensated.
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U.S. researchers used inmates in experiments. (AFP/AFP/Getty Images)
The U.S. has finished its investigation of an abusive research experiment on Guatemalan prisoners in the 1940s.
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Stephanie GarlowAugust 22, 2011 13:01

Right-wing general poised to win Guatemalan presidency

With the former first lady out of the picture, ex-general Otto Perez holds a commanding lead.
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Electoral billboards advertise various political parties in Guatemala City on Aug. 7, 2011. (Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images)

Former general Otto Perez looks poised to become Guatemala's next president, but may not win outright in the first round, according to a poll released today by local press.

It was the first poll conducted since his closest rival, former First Lady Sandra Torres, was officially banned from running. 

Torres divorced her husband, President Alvaro Colom, to try to circumvent a provision that prohibits spouses or relatives of the outgoing leader from running for the presidency. But the Constitutional Court struck down her candidacy.

Perez now leads with almost 40 percent of the votes, followed by businessman Manuel Baldizon with 18.5 percent and academic Eduardo Suger with 11.3 percent.

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Guatemala: art out of violence

August 15, 2011 06:18
GUATEMALA CITY — It’s a picture of a clown, face down on the sidewalk. His massive, red pointy shoes stick out to each side, and a small puddle of blood expands outward from his head.

Guatemala's alternative news network

August 21, 2011 07:44
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala — “What should we cover, where should we put the camera, who should we give the microphone to?” 
Stephanie GarlowJuly 21, 2011 18:06

Fun photo: Giant sinkhole found under a bed

A 40-foot-deep sinkhole formed under the bed of a elderly Guatemalan woman.

Well how about that. An elderly Guatemalan woman found a 40-foot-deep sinkhole under her bed.

Inocenta Hernandez heard a loud boom that she thought was a neighbor's gas canister exploding. 

After searching her house, she found a sinkhole — about 40 feet deep and 32 inches in diameter — under her bed, reports the Guardian.

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Gunmen in Mexico kidnap 80 migrants: report

News DeskJune 28, 2011 01:52
The National Human Rights Commission estimates that at least 11,333 migrants, mostly from Central America, were kidnapped in Mexico between April and September 2010.

Central America: United they stand, or divided they fall?

June 9, 2011 07:01
MANAGUA — Central America has gone from being a passageway, to a warehouse, to a giant 7-Eleven of illegal services.

The invasion of Mexico's drug cartels

June 11, 2011 08:34
GUATEMALA CITY — The scene was shocking even for a country made cold to horror: 27 bodies, all but one decapitated, spread around a cattle ranch and a note written in a victim’s blood.
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