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Originally posted at http://www.americasquarterly.org/node/2323 MARCH 16, 2011 by Altschuler-Corrales Authors: Daniel Altschuler and Javier Corrales Sometimes in an election, voters have to choose the lesser evil. Democracy is imperfect, and so are candidates. But the two apparent front-runners for Guatemala’s upcoming presidential election in September are worse...

Malnutrition stalks this generation Dear Friends, As the 21st year of Adopt-a-Village in Guatemala begins, we look back upon all the amazing accomplishments of the past two decades in support of our friends, the Maya of Guatemala.  Much has been done.  Much more awaits. Guatemala is a country in crisis.  A weak and corrupt government with one of the highest crime...

I have tried my hardest over the past few years to bury the key concepts and bold lettering that were force fed in business school, a process heavily aided by the acquisition of two new languages and ether-like Chinese rice wine. Last week, however, I was reminded of the purchasing power of American money as $36 bought far more than Spanish books. Transitions...

The completely bilingual network of nonprofits and international aid in Guatemala. Take a look around, and if you work for an organization, church group, medical clinic, or any other group working to change the country of Guatemala, add yourself to the website! Use weGuatemala.org to connect your cause to the world, find volunteers, and team up with other...

Malnutrition stalks widows and their children Last week, the 10-day United Nations-led Climate Conference met at Cancun, Mexico, bringing together 25,000 delegates from 194 nations.  The Convention creates national strategies for addressing greenhouse gas emissions, including the provision of financial and technological support to developing countries.   However, it...

Beans, beans the magical fruit, the more you eat the…less money you have to spend. Before coming to Belize, my cooking repertoire included peanut-butter and banana sandwiches, burritos, and a mean tostada. In a particularly gutsy endeavor to make hard-boiled eggs last summer, my roommate and I innocently plunked a couple eggs into a pot of water and watched in...

See the original story here: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/americas/02/10/cnnheroes.hallum.guatem ... Chimaltenango, Guatemala (CNN) - In rural Guatemala, is all it Takes A Few Minutes for tons of heavy mud to plow Into a hillside community and vulnerable people and Their STI swallow homes. Sometimes, the devastation is There for all to see. But not always...

Hunger Emergency had been denounced by Guatemala’s Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales. The Guatemalan government might agree to enact national nutrition risk after today’s cabinet meeting. About 49 percent of children in Guatemala are chronically malnourished according to the World Food Program—the fourth highest rate in the world. In indigenous communities...

Talena Sanders and village weavers An adventurous young woman from Kentucky, Talena Sanders, recently contacted Adopt-a-Village with a request to assist her investigative work in Mayan hand-loomed textiles. The majority of the Maya we help are Q’anjob’al and weaving is not part of their traditions.  However, Mam women are noted weavers, so we would take Talena to...

The foundation of any democracy is an informed citizenry. In Guatemala, community radio is the best tool to provide rural, Indigenous Guatemalans with the news and information that they need. Despite promises made in the Guatemalan Constitution and the Peace Accords, the telecommunications law does not allow licenses for nonprofit community radio. Only mainstream...

Hello everyone, I am reprinting an article by Michael Deibert of the Guardian newspaper in England. He is a visiting fellow at the Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies and the author of Notes from the Struggle for Haiti. I could not have written on this topic better–so I’ll let you read what he has to say. Frances Guatemala’s lonely battle...

From PBS NewsHour: Senior correspondent Ray Suarez, just back from a reporting trip, describe Guatemala as a land of exquisite beauty, But Also of exquisite agony. Violence against women is systemic and Widespread - part of an overalls pattern of Violence That the Citizens of Guatemala, Who Have Several endure civil wars in the last 50 years, Are Suffering. The...