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Panama earthquake: Tsunami warnings issued after magnitude 7.7 quake
Countries including Colombia, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala and Chile have received warnings after the quake.
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Growing from a river in Guatemala collapsed homes and caused the evacuation of about 100 families
About 100 families were evacuated from their homes by the overflow of the Pinula River in the south of Guatemala City metropolitan area. The intense rains caused the growing tributary and at risk of collapse at least 150 houses. The emergency occurred after months of extreme drought due to the El Niño phenomenon. The report with our correspondent Andrés Suárez Jaramillo.
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Guatemala: Pinula River Growing puts dozens of San Miguel Pesturo Families at Risk · Global Voices
The rise of the Pinula River collapsed houses and has at imminent risk dozens of structures in the municipality of San Miguel Pesturo, Guatemala. The heavy rains, which came after months of drought, have forced about 100 families to evacuate and the authorities to prepare contingency plans to prevent a tragedy. A report from our correspondent Andrés Suárez Jaramillo.
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Guatemala: seven killed in armed attacks, the army denies their participation
Who perpetrated the attacks in Huité? The Guatemalan Army denies that its troops will participate and attribute violence to disputes between criminal organizations. However, the dissemination of videos of men armed with military clothing has fed other versions that the authorities claim to be investigating.
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Mayan women support families in the absence of remittances from the US. United States.
Mayan women in Guatemala support their families while their husbands, hidden from raids in the US, cannot send money. 3 out of 4 remittances are men, which leaves them at the forefront of survival. Guatemala is the second country in Latin America to receive remittances. A story of our correspondent Andrés Suárez Jaramillo.
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The commercialization of indigenous cultures and traditions
Resources and meaning often move away from the community that created them and enrich third parties, even those that have oppressed the community for centuries.
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Guatemala: First arms delivery since the end of the military embargo
For the first time in nearly half a century, American weapons were delivered to Guatemalan soil on Monday, 21 September. The fourteen thousand modern weapons units worth about five million dollars are a sign of a profound change in the relationship between the two countries. The end of an old 1978 embargo, based on the failure to respect human rights.
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Guatemala receives first US arms in nearly 50 years
Guatemala on Monday received the first batch of military weapons from the US in almost five decades. It ends an arms embargo implemented by the US due to human rights violations made during Guatemala's civil war. The US has continued to cooperate with Guatemala in recent years in the battle against drug trafficking.
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The commodification of Indigenous cultures and traditions
Too often, resources and meaning flow outward from the community that created them and enrich outsiders — often the same groups that have been oppressing them for centuries.
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The price of gasoline unleashes protests in several poor and emerging countries
Syria, Indonesia, Guatemala and the Philippines are learning ways to cope with the escalation. Mobilizations also reach a rich and euro economy: Portugal
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Molest and outrage in various parts of the world over high fuel costs
The nuisance of carriers and car owners over the high price of fuels is felt worldwide. In European countries such as France and Germany, in Asia with Syria and Pakistan up to Latin America with Guatemala and Bolivia, the cost of petrol has triggered demonstration and pressure on Governments to subsidize the population months after the close of the Ormuz narrow strategy.