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2008
July 18
The future is bio-diesel
July 18
Tensions over cement plant remain
July 18
Colom joins controversial Petrocaribe agreement
July 11
Monsanto buys Cristiani Burkard
July 11
Conflict in San Juan escalates
July 04
Merger secures funding for Fenix project
July 04
Land evictions on the increase in Petén's protected areas
July 04
Opposition to cement project intensifies
June 27
Mining Law is partially unconstitutional
June 27
Plan Puebla Panama reassess priorities
June 27
Congress rocked by financial scandal
June 20
Mining Law slowly moves forward
June 20
Thirteen police officers killed by drug traffickers
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
2007 elections could prove highly conflictive
October 20
Poor investment in health and education
October 20
Greater competitiveness coincides with low tax collection
October 20
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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