News Guatemala Interest: Memories of home: Immigrant radio station in Homestead broadcasts in indigenous languages
Andrés Villegas stood in the middle of the tiny Homestead radio studio on a recent evening, tapping on the black foam of his microphone. The 57-year-old Mexican laborer began to read the Spanish-language script in his hands: “¡Que calor! Did you know that this year marks the first annual heat season in Miami-Dade County, from May 1 through the end of October? If you work in a place exposed to ...
News Guatemala Interest: Weaving an Altar to Guatemala’s Pre-Hispanic Glory
Sandra Monterroso confronts the knots that tie together the inequalities, violence, discrimination, racism, and patriarchy in Guatemala.
News Guatemala Interest: Bluestone Resources Inc. (OTCMKTS:BBSRF) Short Interest Update
Bluestone Resources Inc. (OTCMKTS:BBSRF – Get Rating) saw a significant increase in short interest in the month of May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,100 shares, an increase of 600.0% from the April 30th total of 300 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 22,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio […]
News Guatemala Interest: Guatemala reappoints criticized attorney general to 2nd term
Guatemala's president appointed the controversial attorney general to a second term Monday in a move disappointing to many Guatemalans and foreign governments critical of her backsliding on corruption ...
News Guatemala Interest: Guatemala: attorney general’s reappointment threatens anti-corruption efforts and civic space
Guatemala’s president re-appointed Attorney General María Consuelo Porras for another four-year term, despite her history of corruption. She has blocked prosecutions of corrupt actors as well as ...
News Guatemala Interest: Guatemala detains 9 ex-soldiers, militia in 1982 massacre
Prosecutors in Guatemala said Wednesday they have detained nine former soldiers and militia members for a 1982 massacre of 25 people. Those charged include members of the ...
News Guatemala Interest: Teen risked all to flee Guatemala. Her payoff: gruelling job in US chicken plant
she hopes to return to Guatemala. First, though, she must continue wiring most of her wages home, where her parents pay off the loan sharks and what she said is a dizzying interest rate of 10% per ...
