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2008 |
June 06 |
Gov't seeks new ways to produce electricity |
June 06 |
Lawmakers pursue mining reform |
May 30 |
Labor unions file complaint under CAFTA |
May 30 |
New energy policy benefits corporate interests |
May 23 |
Education program undergoes reforms |
May 23 |
Opposition to the mining industry swells |
May 16 |
Oil Fund Bill stalls in Congress |
May 16 |
Government declares state of prevention |
May 09 |
Colom & Bush discuss immigration reform |
May 09 |
Petroleum Fund law sets off bitter controversy |
May 02 |
Colom fires Attorney General |
May 02 |
The unsolved mysteries surrounding Bishop Gerardi's murder |
April 25 |
Campesino march demands an end to repression |
April 25 |
Government incapable of combating drug trafficking |
April 18 |
Congress approves law against femicide |
April 18 |
Colom signs agreement with Brazil |
April 18 |
CAFTA has done little to ensure compliance with labor laws |
April 11 |
Supreme Electoral Tribunal under fire |
April 11 |
War victims' fund squandered on red tape |
April 04 |
Colom seeks to boost Brazilian investment in the Guatemalan oil industry |
March 28 |
Campesinos kidnap Belgian tourists |
March 28 |
IDB seeks to boost biofuel production |
March 14 |
Citizen participation and environmental policy |
March 14 |
Bush nominates five new ambassadors |
March 07 |
Panama signs FTA with Guatemala |
March 07 |
Military archives will be declassified |
March 07 |
Land dispute in Izabal reaches point of crisis |
February 22 |
Corruption clouds Berger's legacy |
February 15 |
Colom is out to win hearts and minds in the oil rich region of Ixcán |
February 08 |
US recession hits the mining industry |
February 01 |
2008: the year of popular consultations? |
February 01 |
Court denies extradition in genocide case |
January 25 |
Have conservative think tanks won the battle of ideas? |
January 18 |
Colom takes power, declares new era for the poor |
January 11 |
On his way out, Berger slightly boosts minimum wage |
January 04 |
Unease over Colom's investment policy |
2007 |
December 07 |
Agroindustrial elite seeks approval of new fuel bill |
December 07 |
Government opens the door to the mining and energy sector |
November 30 |
Kaibiles become a fertile recruitment ground for organized crime |
November 30 |
Border dispute could take a new twist |
November 23 |
Colom administration will only survive if it launches radical anti-corruption campaign |
November 23 |
Hague Convention might be delayed |
November 16 |
Little progress in the fight against hunger |
November 09 |
Colom beats Pérez Molina in second round of elections |
November 02 |
Clandestine abortions on the rise |
November 02 |
Canadian oil and mining corporations seek FTA |
October 26 |
Voter turnout stagnates as election budget multiplies |
October 19 |
Political violence takes a new twist |
October 19 |
Mayan biosphere reserve under threat |
October 12 |
Xalalá construction up for auction |
October 12 |
Public sector corruption persists |
October 05 |
The powerful forces behind Álvaro Arzú |
September 28 |
Little progress in fighting poverty |
September 21 |
Elections yield disappointing results for Rigoberta Menchú |
September 21 |
Railway closes amid pending lawsuit |
September 14 |
Álvaro Colom wins first round of presidential elections |
September 07 |
Big business takes on development |
September 07 |
Drug barons and murderers on the ballot |
August 31 |
Violence on the increase one week before elections |
August 24 |
Politics still dominated by ladino elite |
August 17 |
Macro view hides widespread woes |
August 17 |
Women demand a fairer share of political power |
August 17 |
How much can CICIG really achieve? |
August 10 |
Biotech debate takes root in Guatemala |
August 10 |
Lukewarm welcome for land dispute system |
August 03 |
International labor movement demands justice for murdered union leader |
August 03 |
Congress approves Commission Against Impunity |
August 03 |
Congressmen's murder takes a new twist |
July 27 |
Ixil communities demand greater benefits from new hydroelectric dam |
July 27 |
Rumors of child stealing lead to mob violence |
July 20 |
Mining firm granted tax exemption |
July 13 |
One more vote against mining |
July 13 |
Questions linger over congressmen's murder |
July 13 |
Constitutional reform becomes a campaign issue |
July 06 |
Has Menchú been co-opted by the elite? |
June 29 |
ILO: labor violations worst on record |
June 29 |
Gerardi saga goes on |
June 29 |
Country gripped by rising tide of violence |
June 22 |
Parties infiltrated by drug cartels |
June 22 |
Another community rejects open pit mining |
June 15 |
War on drugs yields poor results (I) |
June 15 |
Aid agencies & NGOs flout labor laws, says lawyer |
June 08 |
Intelligence bureau revamped, again |
June 08 |
CAFTA and labor justice: a long struggle ahead… |
June 08 |
Food security jeopardized by soaring corn prices |
June 01 |
Court rejects mining plebiscite |
June 01 |
CICIG stalls at final hurdle |
May 25 |
EU: Subsidizing inefficiency |
May 18 |
Ríos Montt seeks impunity for war crimes |
May 18 |
Gangs convenient scapegoats for continuing crime wave |
May 18 |
EU continues throwing good money after bad |
May 11 |
Ombudsman finds government responsible for murder of Salvadoran congressmen |
May 11 |
Election campaign begins - it´s oficial |
May 11 |
Central bank to revise GDP methodology |
May 04 |
New witnesses could shed light on Gerardi case |
May 04 |
Quiché rejects hydroelectric dam |
May 04 |
Labor unions under fire |
April 27 |
Police purge gets mixed reviews |
April 27 |
Road to riches |
April 27 |
Fears of electoral violence |
April 20 |
Cafta: little to show after nine months |
April 20 |
Profiting from fear |
April 13 |
Teachers quit strike, conditionally |
April 13 |
Government sued under CAFTA |
April 13 |
State held responsible for extrajudicial executions |
March 30 |
Environmentalists accused of defamation |
March 30 |
IDB's agenda hijacked by private sector |
March 30 |
Interior Minister finally quits |
March 23 |
Bush comes and goes with little to show |
March 23 |
The rich get richer… |
March 23 |
Suspects arrested over congressmen's murder |
March 16 |
The bitter side of the sugar industry's success story |
March 16 |
And then there were three... |
March 16 |
Interior Minister grilled over congressmen's murder |
March 09 |
Adoption reform in the cards |
March 09 |
Congressmen's murder: rogue death squads run amok? |
March 02 |
Exodus of officials |
February 23 |
Reforms to Electricity Law under debate |
February 23 |
Militarization in San Marcos? |
February 23 |
Menchú runs for president |
February 16 |
Election campaigns gather steam |
February 16 |
Concern grows over rising tide of political violence |
February 09 |
Forum highlights resurgent Left |
February 09 |
Environmental movement expects difficult year ahead |
February 02 |
Banking regulator under fire |
February 02 |
GANA: three years in power, but little to show for it |
February 02 |
Police accused of killing seven prisoners |
January 26 |
Interview with Alejandro Giammattei |
January 26 |
Banking system rocked again |
January 26 |
Mining firm accused of water pollution |
January 26 |
Corn prices skyrocket |
January 19 |
Community radios continue struggle for legal status |
January 19 |
Unions contest minimum wage rise |
January 19 |
CAFTA spurs banking consolidation |
January 12 |
UNDP measures the "cost" of violence |
January 12 |
CICIG: The beginning of the end of impunity? |
January 12 |
Peace Accords fail to resolve underlying causes of civil war |
January 05 |
Education system accused of racism |
January 05 |
Evangelical leader enters political fray |
January 05 |
Conflict in Congress obstructs approval of 2007 budget |
2006 |
December 08 |
Bancafé case reveals media limitations |
December 01 |
Endemic corruption persists across the region |
November 24 |
Power, poverty and water |
November 24 |
Child trafficking on the increase |
November 24 |
Violent evictions of anti-mining protesters in El Estor |
November 17 |
Training of security forces under fire |
November 17 |
Off-shore banks under scrutiny |
November 17 |
Tension mounts over Xalalá hydroelectric project |
November 10 |
Doubts over new Comptroller General |
November 10 |
Increased remittances bring mixed results |
November 10 |
Uncertainty over social security system |
November 3 |
Victims of war crimes still await compensation |
November 3 |
Bancafé scandal exposes cronyism at the heart of nation's banking system |
October 27 |
The murky politics of oil |
October 27 |
Guatemala 's UN ambitions reach an impasse |
October 20
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2007 elections could prove highly conflictive |
October 20
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Poor investment in health and education |
October 20
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Greater competitiveness coincides with low tax collection |
October 20
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Oil at the heart of a geopolitical power struggle |
October 13 |
Indigenous people reject open pit mining |
October 06 |
CSR: the new paradigm of power |
October 06 |
Midwives' future uncertain |
October 06 |
Doubts over US corn donation |
October 06 |
Izabal land dispute re-opens old wounds |
September 29 |
Rise of the new Left |
September 29 |
Evo Morales' state visit raises hopes for indigenous groups |
September 29 |
4% of discrimination cases reach court |
September 29 |
Drug "certification": nothing to celebrate |
September 22 |
Chicken family feud may head home |
September 22 |
Guatemala : the perfect place to commit a crime |
September 22 |
Country's mining industry goes global |
September 15 |
Health System in a coma |
September 15 |
2007 budget hampered by low tax revenues |
September 8 |
Controversy continues over open pit mining |
September 8 |
Race hots up for UN Security Council seat |
September 8 |
Courts unable to end premature election campaign |
September 1 |
Failed drugs raid latest act of political misjudgement |
August 25 |
Conservatives seek constitutional reform |
August 25 |
Government repeals controversial education reform |
August 25 |
Poultry industry accuses US of dumping |
August 18 |
NGOs and USAID: Opportunism or cunning? |
August 11 |
Berger "lending unlimited support to extractive industries" |
August 11 |
Private sector continues to enjoy benefits of lack of transparency |
August 4 |
Five municipalities reject mining projects in popular consultation |
July 28 |
2007 elections: payback time for party funders |
July 28 |
Charity or PR campaign? |
July 21 |
Death squads continue to benefit from impunity |
July 21 |
Flaws in state auditing foster corruption |
July 14 |
Debates over possible creation of indigenous political party |
July 14 |
Increasing interest in Skye Resources |
July 14 |
Megaprojects: any advances? |
July 7 |
Land Fund Institute in crisis |
July 7 |
ECLAC: "it is necessary to protect competition" |
July 7 |
Controversy over war crimes |
June 30 |
Proposed tax evasion law would not jail evaders |
June 30 |
Five Mayan languages at risk |
June 30 |
Microcredit boom benefits commerce |
June 23 |
Controversies persist over nickel project |
June 16 |
Corruption survey reveals alarming attitudes |
June 16 |
Community radio stations: Tower of Babel under siege |
June 9 |
Convention 169: ten years of inaction |
June 2 |
NGOs and BANRURAL: strange bedfellows? |
June 2 |
Guatemala enters UN human rights council |
June 2 |
Pockets of profit in a sluggish economy |
May 26 |
CAFTA close to implementation despite "unconstitutionality" |
May 26 |
Sugar industry diversifies |
May 19 |
Child trafficking increases while Adoption Law stalls in Congress |
May 19 |
Cuban medical aid ignored by media |
May 19 |
No consultation on hydroelectric project |
May 12 |
USAC: "from public service to educational capitalism" |
May 12 |
Mob lynching used as government excuse to give army greater power |
May 12 |
Record profits for sugar producers |
May 5 |
Indigenous revolt accused of short-termism |
May 5 |
Labor unrest weakens state dept´s |
May 5 |
Uncovering the truth behind Montana's tax exemptions |
April 28 |
Three community leaders and two congressmen assassinated in one week |
April 28 |
Rural areas vulnerable to bird flu |
April 28 |
Strong resistance to citizen participation |
April 21 |
AI: land evictions increase under Berger |
April 21 |
Electricity prices among highest in the world |
April 7 |
Businesses benefit from new waste water disposal law |
April 7 |
US seeks to redefine democracy in line with neo-liberalism and national security |
April 7 |
State planning needed for CAFTA's success |
March 31 |
ILO upholds complaint made by indigenous communities against mining firm in Izabal |
March 31 |
Govt overestimates tax collection |
March 31 |
Big business attracts ex govt officials |
March 24 |
Increase in raids on local radio stations |
March 24 |
Scandals involving state aid agencies cast doubt on govt's battle against corruption |
March 24 |
CABEI bolsters banking sector |
March 17 |
DR-CAFTA stalled by "adjustments" and Congress |
March 17 |
Benefits from boom in world sugar prices unnoticed in sugar-producing communities |
March 17 |
Government increases mining exploration licenses in 2005 and 2006 |
March 10 |
Education reform mired in division |
March 10 |
Banking sector surges ahead of economy |
March 10 |
Canadian firms begin uranium explorations |
March 3 |
Concerns grow over "social cleansing" |
February 24 |
Indigenous seek Bolivian inspiration |
February 24 |
Colom leads polls as left and right-wing parties stumble |
February 24 |
indigneous areas report less homicides |
February 17 |
Violent crime increases outside of the capital |
February 17 |
indigneous rights: little progress |
February 10 |
Campesinos march on capital |
February 10 |
Opposition grows to US immigration bill |
February 10 |
Controversial new CICIACS proposal |
February 10 |
Cardamom prices continue collapse |
February 10 |
Tariff-rate quotas: a co-opted trade policy |
February 3 |
Military involvement in civil security on the increase |
January 27 |
Strong trade growth with China in 2005 |
January 27 |
Tax reform sees car imports take off |
January 27 |
Decentralization 2006: the year of change? |
January 20 |
Tax collection 2005: cause to celebrate? |
January 20 |
Transparency reform progresses slowly |
January 20 |
Catholic Church behind veto of Family Planning Law |
January 13 |
Comptroller General: new year, old habits |
January 13 |
Investigative reporter Frank Smyth on narcotrafficking |
January 6 |
Oil and Belize: strategically inseparable issues |
2005 |
December 9 |
Illegal mining goes on with impunity |
December 9 |
Interview with elPeriódico director, Juan Luis Font |
December 9 |
Suspected corruption in budget approval |
December 2 |
Mining's recent history, out in the open |
December 2 |
Union movement faces new difficulties |
November 25 |
The Mayan movement: building identities in a world of walls |
November 25 |
EIRs epitomize State weaknesses |
November 18 |
Official inflation rate conceals food scarcity "time bomb" |
November 18 |
MAGA scores badly in social audit |
November 11 |
Farmers at risk from CAFTA corn imports |
November 11 |
TI ignores business's role in corruption |
November 11 |
HIV/AIDS: the ignored epidemic |
November 4 |
Poverty and State inaction exacerbated damages caused by Stan |
November 4 |
Debt bond trade: obstacle to growth |
October 28 |
Eduardo Weymann: ex Finance Minister |
October 28 |
The inner workings of a modern business |
October 28 |
US federal court gives green light to Gutiérrez case |
October 21 |
Agricultural production over-valued by 129% |
October 14 |
Trade increases with ideological opponents |
October 14 |
State institutions "captured" by corruption |
October 14 |
New proposals to fight corruption |
October 14 |
Fiscal trade-off: incurring debt to reduce deficit |
October 7 |
The Army's future: new goals or defending old interests? |
September 30 |
Lessons from community organization in Totonicapán |
September 23 |
Elderly face precarious future |
September 23 |
Identity: globalization and migration erase borders that were never fully established |
September 23 |
Government unveils Q36,000 million budget for 2006 |
September 16 |
Public borrowing replaces tax hike |
September 16 |
Failed country or failed media? |
September 9 |
Election authority´s 2005 budget increases as voter registration drops |
September 2 |
Former officials condemn persecution |
September 2 |
Government struggles with fuel sector |
September 2 |
National survey on salaries reveals wide scale race and gender based discrimination |
August 26 |
Sluggish advances in tax collection system |
August 26 |
Prison violence linked to hidden power |
August 19 |
Community security groups: public's response to police force |
August 19 |
Currency appreciation and inflation: an explosive cocktail |
August 12 |
Informal sector gets even bigger |
August 12 |
Good news and bad news for victims of war crimes |
August 12 |
Interview with Principal Economist for IADB´s Region II |
August 12 |
IADB evaluation responses leave issues unanswered |
August 5 |
Debate over minimum wage contrasts productivity with cost of living |
August 5 |
US employs cold war rhetoric to discredit CAFTA opponent |
July 29 |
Concerns over sugar crops in Polochic |
July 29 |
Plan de Sánchez _ sorry isn't enough |
July 22 |
Economic stability not bearing promised fruit of economic growth and well-being |
July 22 |
IADB quietly publishes scathing program evaluation |
July 15 |
Local government short on democracy |
July 15 |
Chixoy: a legacy of corruption & violence |
July 15 |
Cattle smuggling into Mexico on the rise |
July 8 |
Obstacles to socioeconomic reforms: features of a functional crisis |
July 8 |
Education: cornerstone of development? |
July 1 |
95% say no to mining |
July 1 |
Debate continues over response to youth gangs |
July 1 |
Monopoly on information threatens productive communities |
June 24 |
Private sector opposes water law |
June 24 |
Democracy under threat in Aguacatán |
June 24 |
Popular consultations: in search of participatory democracy |
June 24 |
Transparency: legitimizing the State vs. restructuring power |
June 17 |
AI: US promoting police militarization |
June 17 |
Unions denounce media slur campaign |
June 17 |
Slow spending of EU funds on State reforms |
June 17 |
Massive tax evasion by sugar industry |
June 10 |
Trade accord in sight despite unresolved territorial dispute |
June 3 |
Venezuela refuses to make oil deal |
June 3 |
Compensation plan advances slowly |
June 3 |
Petén's Laguna del Tigre National Park: an environmental disaster zone |
May 20 |
Army focuses on internal security |
May 20 |
Towards a new New Left? |
May 13 |
Dramatic fall in international bilateral aid |
May 6 |
Guatecompras ill equipped to cope with State corruption |
April 29 |
Economic environment favors big business |
April 29 |
Government seeks to impose Land Registry Law |
April 22 |
Government and Montana a glittering alliance |
April 22 |
Flawed water law |
April 15 |
Seeking payments from big business at local level |
April 8 |
Menchú case ends in a 'safe' sentence |
April 8 |
Proposed Water Law attacked by industry and disparate social groups |
April 8 |
Law of Concessions: the value of a vote |
April 1 |
Public works concessions: the last battleground |
April 1 |
Labor prepares for the worst |
April 1 |
Mining: motor for development or benefit to big business? |
March 18 |
CAFTA: barricades and protests |
March 18 |
First racism case under way |
March 11 |
Congress approves CAFTA |
March 11 |
Anti-union strategy continues in the maquilas |
March 4 |
The Chixoy case: renewed push for compensation |
February 25 |
Attacks continue against human rights groups |
February 18 |
Mining under scrutiny by civil society |
February 18 |
Ex PAC split following latest ruling by Constitutional Court |
February 11 |
Improved export figures no guarantee of economic development |
February 11 |
Return to old "logic of terror" |
February 4 |
Red flag for insecure capital |
February 4 |
Spanish Embassy case re-opened |
January 28 |
New model army? |
January 21 |
2005 forecast: A busy year for Legislature |
January 21 |
Mining conflict claims first life |
January 21 |
Sugar sours trade talks with Chile |
January 14 |
Spain's first steps to prosecute Álvarez |
January 7 |
Mining, a debateless debate |
January 7 |
New generics law provokes US ire |
2004 |
December 10 |
The booming industry of insecurity |
December 3 |
Northern Transver-sal Strip advances |
December 3 |
An interview with Edgar Gutiérrez |
November 26 |
MINUGUA leaves with CICIACS and UNHCRHR still pending |
November 26 |
Resurgence of a national Social Movement? |
November 26 |
Progress in Youth Law debate |
November 19 |
Ex PAC payments saga continues |
November 12 |
Nueva Linda abuses confirmed |
November 5 |
Renewed calls for Women's Parliament |
November 5 |
Budget transfers cloud public audits |
October 29 |
Legal frame to fight hunger still pending |
October 29 |
New comptroller forgotten |
October 22 |
Vying political and econokic interests undermine Executive |
October 22 |
Doubts over ex PAC payments democracy |
October 15 |
Tax evasion debated |
October 15 |
National encounter for peace and democracy |
October 15 |
Holes in CAFTA debate |
October 8 |
2005 Budget debate |
October 8 |
Death penalty likely to remain |
October 8 |
Politicization of courts questioned |
October 1 |
Political gender equality demanded |
September 24 |
Election of magistrates marred by political interests |
September 24 |
Latinobarómetro: political system in jeopardy in Guatemala |
September 24 |
Land Access Program: debts pending |
September 17 |
Education Reform progresses, but slowly |
September 10 |
10 killed in land eviction |
September 10 |
Shifting conditions for maquila |
September 10 |
Social Security Institute faces critical juncture |
September 10 |
Southward shift: betting on Brazil |
September 3 |
Court strikes blow to generics |
September 3 |
Payments to exPAC:more convenient than convincing |
September 3 |
Columnist quits after media bias debate |
September 3 |
Hydroelectric project vetoed |
August 27 |
Court of Constitutionality leaves CICIACS "toothless" |
August 27 |
Reproductive health- care in dire straits |
August 20 |
Journalists criticize role of the media |
August 20 |
Foreign borrowing: towards sustainable development or eternal debate? |
August 13 |
Community radios to begin bilingual news |
August 13 |
Tourism, key sector for government |
August 6 |
Honey exports double in 2003 |
August 6 |
State blamed in human rights verdict |
July 30 |
Crime wave provokes removal of security cabinet |
July 30 |
MINUGUA to leave Guatemala after eight years of change |
July 30 |
Shortcomings in media coverage of violence |
July 23 |
New Deposits Attract Mining Industry |
July 16 |
Criminal violence: a growing challenge to democracy |
July 16 |
Renewed push for Information law |
July 9 |
Army faces major troop reductions |
July 9 |
International cooperation III |
July 2 |
State still paying legacy of corruption |
July 2 |
High stakes in election of Comptroller General |
June 25 |
Partial fiscal agreement , but total amnesty |
June 25 |
Unions: old demands and new goals |
June 18 |
International cooperation, II |
June 11 |
International cooperation, medicine or drug? |
June 11 |
Agreement ends national protest early |
June 4 |
Community-run forests, successful experiments in conservation |
June 4 |
Security still key |
May 28 |
Fiscal measures cause storm in Congress |
May 28 |
Peace Accords absent in new proposal for cadastre law |
May 21 |
CICIACS trips up |
May 21 |
Child labor: the perennial scourge |
May 14 |
Fiscal pact under fire |
May 14 |
Public transport still a problem in the capital |
May 7 |
National Health Coalition evaluates reforms |
May 7 |
Two steps forward for justice in the IAHRC |
April 30 |
Government facing fiscal dilemma |
April 30 |
Maya University:debate continues |
April 23 |
Army reduction: reform of military doctrine in doubt |
April 16 |
Political battle stalls electoral reform |
April 16 |
Links between corruption, the media and democracy |
April 2 |
Aguacatán: Democracy under State of Siege |
April 2 |
Mayans underrepresented |
March 26 |
Rios Montt´s brush with the law |
March 26 |
Student movement: from political decline to ideological reconstruction |
March 19 |
Development model questioned |
March 19 |
Anthropologists, unearthing the truth |
March 19 |
Coffee price rises too little too late |
March 12 |
Moderate military reforms begin |
March 12 |
USAC in process of growth, modernization |
March 12 |
Mining dilemmas |
March 5 |
New government purges public institutions |
March 5 |
War victims: five years of promises |
February 27 |
Teachers clash with new government |
February 20 |
Market forces drive adoptions |
February 13 |
Cacif talks of inclusive future |
February 13 |
Rios Montt called to testify |
February 13 |
Berger faces fiscal challenge |
February 6 |
Circle closes around former president Alfonso Portillo |
February 6 |
Farm Census 2003: Persistent inequality |
February 6 |
Property rights take priority |
January 30 |
War on gangs heats up |
January 30 |
Sugar: First political challenge for new president |
January 22 |
Mack killer re-sentenced, state penalized |
January 16 |
Berger sworn in, promises unity and change |
January 16 |
News In Brief |
January 9 |
Economic elite prepares for government |
January 9 |
Labor Ministry raises wages without enforcement |
January 9 |
Mayans and congress receive TV channels |
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