Guatemala

Guatemala, Monte Rico, Turles and football on the beach

Photoblog : Filip and his travel / (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Filip Ziolkowski in his Photoblog blogging about living in London and his trips around the world.

Guatemala, Antigua, By night

Photoblog : Filip and his travel / (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Filip Ziolkowski in his Photoblog blogging about living in London and his trips around the world.

Guatemala, Antigua, By day

Photoblog : Filip and his travel / (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Filip Ziolkowski in his Photoblog blogging about living in London and his trips around the world.

OregonLive.Com - Thousands, including Oregonians, are stuck in passport limbo

Consul-At-Arms (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago

Oregon Live.Com Thousands, including Oregonians, are stuck in passport limbo by Gosia Wozniacka, The Oregonian Sunday October 05, 2008, 10:30 PM Last summer, Victoria Conover of Silver Lake was planning a tourist trip with her five siblings to Antigua, the Guatemala city famous for spectacular colonial architecture. But Conover's siblings flew to Antigua without her. A year and a half

Juvenile ILLEGALS who worked at chicken plant are home after immigration raid

One Old Vet (Free subscription) | yesterday

Juveniles who worked at chicken plant are home after immigration raid MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE EXCHANGE Four juveniles detained in Tuesday’s immigration raid at a Greenville, S.C., poultry plant have returned to their families in Mexico and Guatemala, The Charlotte Observer reported. Two others have been released to legal caregivers and are expected to appear later before an immigration judge, who [...]

Banco Industrial Fail: Online Banking Hours

[Giagnocavo]Michael::Write() (Free subscription) | yesterday

In this image, we see Banco Industrial (Guatemala) online bank. The Flash applet displays: System Hours - Monday to Sunday: From 6:00am to 22:00 hours. Last day of month: From 6am to 21:30 hours WTF? Closing the online bank? By the way, who writes "Monday to Sunday?" And a 30 minute difference on the last day of the month? The levels of incompetence here just stack up, but it's par for the country....

Argentines roll on

FIFA - Latest News (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Argentina defeated an impressive Guatemala 2-1 on Thursday in Brasilia to reach the second round of Brazil 2008.

Ex-Guatemalan President Remains Defiant as Mexico Sends Him Home for Trial

findingDulcinea (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Alfonso Portillo, Guatemala’s first post-civil war president, has returned to the country after two years of failed appeals. He has been charged with embezzlement.

Herbalife Opens Three New Markets in Central America

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Herbalife Ltd. (NYSE:HLF), a global nutrition and direct-selling company, announced that it has begun doing business in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Guatemala,

Guatemala City: This Funky-Looking Westin Hotel Still Looks Like a Westin on the Inside

HotelChatter - (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Despite the disco lights and bizarre façade, this hotel is not located on the Vegas strip, but instead, in Guatemala City. It's the Westin Camino Real and from what we can tell, the funky facade has not changed the snoozy Westin brand inside, which is still, same as ever. Thanks to Tom Barnes who dropped this pic in the HotelChatter Flickr Pool , we see that the hotel is quite cool-looking when it's...

Mexico extradites former Guatemala president to face corruption charges

JURIST (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

[JURIST] Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited Tuesday from Mexico to Guatemala, where he is accused of authorizing transfers of $15.8 million from the budget of the Guatemalan Ministry of Defense during his presidency from 2000 to 2004. Portillo fled to Mexico at the end of his term amid corruption allegations, reportedly fearing he would not be afforded a fair trial in Guatemala....

• Mexico extradites ex-Guatemalan leader - MSNBC.com
• World Briefing | The Americas: Guatemala: Ex-President Extradited - New York Times
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Fugative Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo Found in Mexico

The Latin Americanist (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

For the last four years, former president of Guatemala, Alfonso Portillo, has been hiding from corruption charges in Mexico. Pero, that is about to end. Portillo was extradited to his home country. Portillo certainly has an i nteresting background, that includes a shooting . That hasn't stopped some from thinking that he is the best thing that ever happened to Guatemala while others celebrate that...

Six into four does not go

FIFA - Latest News (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

There will be places in the next phase at stake when the Argentina-Guatemala and Czech Republic-Iran games take place on a crucial day.

Taiwan, Guatemala vow to strengthen ties by trade expansion

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

Taipei - Guatemala and Taiwan on Wednesday agreed to strengthen bilateral ties by expanding trade and increasing exchange visits. President Alvaro Colom of Guatemala on his four-day visit to Taiwan was expected to discuss bilateral relations with Pre...

Guatemala: Expresident Portillo extradited

Global Voices Online (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008

After hiding from Justice for four years in Mexico, former President Alfonso Portillo was extradited to Guatemala, where he will face serious charges of corruption and other felonies. Bloggers comment on the possible outcomes, and show surprise at how quickly he was put released on bail.