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The appointment of a woman as chief of the National Civil Police (PNC), in addition to being unprecedented in Guatemala, augurs a process of change in that institution, tainted by corruption, ineffectiveness and lack of credibility.
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Hit by a surge in violent crime, Guatemala is planning to increase the size of its army for the first time since a civil war marked by military massacres and abuses ended in 1996.
Fears regarding troops in Afghanistan arose a few months ago after a Dutch film criticizing Islam would be aired. Dutch MP Geert Wilders, the maker of the film, says that it will show how the Koran is “an inspiration for intolerance, murder and...
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The scandal raised by placement of microphones and cameras in the offices of President Alvaro Colom spread when it was learned that the vicepresident was also spied on.
The independent body set up with United Nations help to investigate the activities of illegal armed groups in Guatemala has presented its first report, finding that clandestine criminal elements have become “encrusted” in State institutions in the...
Guatemalan financial authorities detected several cases of money laundering related to irregular procedures for child adoption by US families, sources revealed on Tuesday in this capital.
Waiting to board a plane can be a tedious matter, especially if your flight has been delayed for two hours and you have already been waiting for three. At Miami International airport, I waited patiently to board my flight to the John Franklin Kennedy...
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Part of the Boy Scout oath is to “help other people at all times,” and 11-year-old Brady Jackson, a Scout member from Ohio, did just that. After noticing the amount of school supplies that his classmates wasted at Oak Creek Elementary...
Guatemalan officials detained 56 undocumented immigrants picked up from a stricken ship in Guatemalan waters, an official source from the Guatemalan General Direction of Migration said Monday.
Many people are quick to blame the media for its inaccuracy, sensationalizing of news and sometimes even its blatant bias on some occasions. While people do have the right, and on many occasions do so, to voice their displeasure at this complete lack...
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