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	Guatemala (02/07)
		Guatemala's judiciary is independent; however, it suffers from inefficiency, corruption, and intimidation.
		Guatemala's social development indicators, such as infant mortality and illiteracy, are among the worst in the hemisphere.
		Guatemala is a signatory to the Rio Pact and is a member of the Central American Defense Council (CONDECA).
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2045.htm (4769 words)

	Home - U.S. Embassy Guatemala
		The Department of State and the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) are providing notice that, as set forth in Chapter 17 (Environment) of the CAFTA-DR, the United States and the other CAFTA-DR Parties intend to hold the second meeting of the Environment Affairs Council in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
		The purpose of the visit of Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Thomas A. Shannon, is to further the strengthening of ties with Guatemala, after the White House Conference on the Americas recently held in Arlington, Virginia.
		The Department of State is required by law to submit a Report each year to the U.S. Congress on foreign governments' efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons.
	guatemala.usembassy.gov (1472 words)

	Guatemala - Travel to Guatemala - Viaje a Guatemala
		La Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción is the capital of Guatemala and is the center and mover of the multitude of the development activities of the country.
		The principality of the Department, and the capital of the Republic, sits in the Valley that constrains the Volcanic Chain.
		The northernmost lands of the Department, between Río Pixcayá to the west and Los Plátanos-Las Cañas streams to the east are warm and arid.
	www.viajeaguatemala.com /english/Guatemala/105101631100.htm (1273 words)

	Guatemala
		The Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala have become aware of an unfounded rumor that adoptions in Guatemala will be suspended immediately or by January 1 as part of Guatemalan efforts to implement the 1993 Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption ("the Hague Adoption Convention").
		The Department of State and the U.S. Embassy continue to monitor the situation in Guatemala closely and are in regular contact with Guatemalan officials as they take steps to reform their adoption processes in order to better protect the interests of children and families.
		The Department of State hopes to have the U.S. ratify in 2007, however JCICS estimates that this would be late 2007 or even early 2008, given that accrediting entities need to be finalized, procedures in place and agencies need to undergo accreditation, all before we ratify.
	www.jcics.org /Guatemala.htm (3292 words)

	Travel Advice for Guatemala - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		Guatemala is subject to earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
		If you are entering Guatemala from a country in which yellow fever is endemic, you may be required to provide evidence of a yellow fever vaccination.
		If you are travelling to Guatemala, whatever the reason and however long you'll be there, we encourage you to register with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
	www.smartraveller.gov.au /zw-cgi/view/Advice/Guatemala (2205 words)

	CPD: Middle America, Site MA13, Petén Region and Maya Biosphere Reserve, Guatemala
		The Department of Petén, which comprises the northern third of Guatemala, is one of the last remaining large wildland areas in Central America.
		The tropical rain forests of Guatemala are of special value because their presence in northern Central America and southern Mexico is particularly complex.
		Guatemala has some rain forests no older than 10,000-11,000 years, and some in the Petén are considerably younger (1000 years old) due to former Mayan disturbance (Binford et al.
	www.nmnh.si.edu /botany/projects/cpd/ma/ma13.htm (3580 words)

	Quetzaltenango Department (Guatemala)
		Quetzaltenango is the second largest city in Guatemala located in the western part of the country.
		During the visit of the Spanish Queen Sofía to the department it could be seen on TVE1 a flag with these colors but in horizontal arrangement: blue, white and red, without coat of arms, though it is to be expected that this could appear in other exemplars of this flag.
		The flag seen on TVE coincides with the flag of the Republic of Los Altos decreed on 13 of September of 1848.
	flagspot.net /flags/gt-qz.html (346 words)

	Guatemala Documents
		U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala Frederic Chapin is convinced that three Guatemalan AID workers were killed by the presidential intelligence unit "Archivos" in reprisal for recent U.S. pressure over human rights in Guatemala.
		As violence in Guatemala continues, this cable reports on a number of recent incidents, including the murders of two prominent professors in the Economics Department of the National University of San Carlos (USAC).
		Finally, the document argues that the U.S. embassy and the State Department "have failed in the past to adequately grasp the magnitude of the problem" of forced disappearance.
	www.gwu.edu /~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB15/index.html (716 words)

	Guatemalaweb.com
		El Petén department is on the eastern edge of Lake Petén Itzá, twenty miles (32 km.) from the city of Flores.
		In the northwest of the Petén department, in the Maya Biosphere Reserve, there is one of the remotest preserved areas in Guatemala.
		Located in the Izabal department, in the Northeast of the nation, the biotope is a peninsula that separates the Amatique Bay and the Gulf of Honduras.
	www.guatemalaweb.com /1/sanctuaries.htm (4996 words)

	U.S. commitment to democracy in Guatemala - Department of State Spokesman Richard Boucher, Secretary of State Warren ...
		In response to President Serrano's suspension of Guatemala's Congress and judiciary on Tuesday and his actions yesterday against press freedom and other civil liberties, the United States is suspending assistance to Guatemala.
		These actions are a sign that Guatemala is on a dangerous course leading to further repression and further threats to democracy.
		The people and the institutions of Guatemala spanning the political spectrum rallied to the defense of their hard-won democracy.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1584/is_n23_v4/ai_13208373 (854 words)

	Guatemala Travel Information \| Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		Despite its turmoil, travellers flock to Guatemala because it offers Central America in concentrated form: its volcanoes are the highest and most active, its Mayan ruins the most impressive, its earthquakes the most devastating and its history decidedly intense.
		Travel in Guatemala is generally safe, but a relatively high level of violent crime is committed against foreigners.
		Disclaimer: We've tried to make the information on this web site as accurate as possible, but it is provided 'as is' and we accept no responsibility for any loss, injury or inconvenience sustained by anyone resulting from this information.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /worldguide/destinations/central-america/guatemala (196 words)

	Mercy Corps > Countries > Guatemala > Rebuilding Lives While Respecting Cultures
		The humanitarian agency, which has continuously operated programs in the region for nearly 25 years, is carrying out long-term assistance in Guatemala's devastated Solola Department in its trademark fashion: crafting innovative, effective programs while respecting and incorporating the country's unique cultures.
		Soon after torrential rains and winds buffeted Solola Department, Mercy Corps staff was on the scene delivering critical food and immediate health care.
		The ethnic groups that make their homes in Solola Department's highlands are often marginalized, receiving minimal services from government agencies.
	www.mercycorps.org /countries/guatemala/957 (629 words)

	Intercountry Adoption Guatemala
		The Department of State is not in a position to provide a definitive list of requirements at this time.
		The Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (DHS/USCIS) division share responsibility for immigrant visa casework (including adoptions) in those countries where both departments maintain an official presence, as is the case at the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala.
		The date that legal adoption occurs in Guatemala is the date of approval of the adoption signed by an officer of the PGN.
	travel.state.gov /family/adoption/country/country_389.html (5057 words)

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		The Department charges $4.00 per document for this service, payable in the form of a check drawn on a U.S. bank or money order made payable to the Department of State.
		Before You Travel to Guatemala to receive the child: Before you make airline reservations for yourselves or for an escort and the child, make absolutely certain with your attorney/agency that the Guatemalan passport has been issued and the INS approval cable has reached the U.S. Embassy.
		If neither parent is planning to travel to Guatemala for the visa interview, the Embassy must have the formal cable from INS indicating its approval of the I-600 petition.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/population/children/adoptions/Guatemala.html (2932 words)

	Guatemala Adoption Overview at Adoptive Families
		Sixty-five percent of children adopted from Guatemala were under age 1 at the time of adoption in 2005.
		Guatemala has yet to implement changes prescribed by the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption, but the U.S. Department of State said it is working closely with the government of Guatemala to ensure the continuation of adoptions from the country.
		Guatemala Adopt, for all interested in the Guatemalan adoption procedure, families who are currently adopting, and those who have adopted from Guatemala
	www.adoptivefamilies.com /guatemala_adoption.php (516 words)

	Home - U.S. Embassy Guatemala
		Founder and Executive Director of Camino Seguro (“Safe Passage”) in Guatemala City, Denning devoted many years to helping improve the lives of poor children in the community surrounding the Guatemala City dump.
		Known to many as the “Angel of the Garbage Dump,” Hanley came to Guatemala from her home state of Maine to study Spanish, but she stayed on to found an organization that dramatically changed lives.
		Guatemala and The United States Sign Letters of Agreement on Narcotics Issues.
	usembassy.state.gov /guatemala (1027 words)

	JCICS2
		The U.S. Department of State has issued a notice on their website and is strongly urging American prospective adoptive parents contemplating pursuing adoptions in Guatemala to carefully consider their options at this time.
		The U.S. Department of State has issued a general guide to assist social workers in gaining a basic understanding of elements of the accreditation and approval regulations under the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption.
		Department of State meeting about the process, including questions about if Guatemala is considered a Convention country or not.
	www.jcics.org (5419 words)

	Guatemala Lakes
		The famous Lake Atitlan that Aldous Huxley once called "the most beautiful in the world" is located in the mountainous Department of Solola, in the Guatemalan highlands about 150km from the capital.
		Lake Izabal is a gentle expanse of water hemmed in by the Sierra de las Minas to the south and the Santa Cruz mountain range to the north.
		Along the northwestern shore is Amatitlan from where a road with a panoramic view stretches out to the southeast along the lake and close to the sides of Volcano Pacaya.
	www.enjoyguatemala.com /lakes.htm (531 words)

	Guatemala
		Parents adopting children in Guatemala have also been victimized in public places and at their hotels by police (or individuals dressed as police) who have threatened to arrest foster mothers and turn adoptive children over to orphanages, but released them in exchange for significant payments, often approaching $1000.
		Guatemala's road safety authorities are the Department of Transit and the Joint Operations Center of the National Police.
		Drivers use the right-hand side of the road in Guatemala, and speed limits are posted (in kilometers) depending on the condition of the road.
	www.travel.state.gov /travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1129.html (4812 words)

	Amnesty International 1998 Annual Report on Guatemala (the Republic of)
		However, those involved in the exhumations of mass burial sites, of which there were an estimated 500 throughout the country, continued to be intimidated, threatened and harassed, apparently by those seeking to prevent responsibility for the massacres from being established, such as former military commissioners and local civil patrol members.
		In other areas, including San Andrés Sajcabajá, El Quiché; department, where exhumations began in April, members of CONAVIGUA, the indigenous widows' organization, were harassed and threatened because they had witnessed massacres in the area or were pressing for exhumations of their relatives from mass graves.
		A key witness in the case was killed in October, and the public prosecutor handling the case reportedly sought asylum abroad after receiving death threats.
	www.amnesty.org /ailib/aireport/ar98/amr34.htm (2210 words)

	Guatemala
		Guatemala is a significant transit country for cocaine from South America to Mexico and onward to the United States.
		According to the State Department, “Guatemala actively participated in the Central Skies combined counternarcotics campaign plan that included DEA and the U.S. Army.
		Guatemala was subsequently re-certified as a counter-drug ally in September 2003.
	www.ciponline.org /facts/gu.htm (4282 words)

	Central America brief - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
		Guatemala is the largest and most populous nation in Central America with 109,000 sq km and 14.3 million people.
		In the colonial period, Central America was part of the colony of New Spain and under the control of the Spanish Viceroy in Mexico City.
		In practice, Central America was administered from Antigua, Guatemala, and later Guatemala City by an independently appointed Captain General.
	www.dfat.gov.au /geo/central_america/index.html (1483 words)

	Ethnologue report for Guatemala
		Central highlands, northeastern Chimaltenango Department, San Martín Jilotepeque Municipality in rural areas and towns of San Martín and Santa Ana Chimaltenango.
		Northern Alta Verapaz, southern Petén departments in Guatemala.
		Western San Marcos Department; rural areas west of the town of Tacaná, western Guatemala border, and in Sibinal and Tectitán.
	www.ethnologue.com /show_country.asp?name=Guatemala (572 words)

	Guatemala - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Guatemala, country in Central America with the largest population in the region.
		More than one-third of the inhabitants of Central America live in...
		About two thirds of the total land area of Guatemala is mountainous.
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Guatemala (133 words)

	Rumsfeld Laments Situation in Hurricane-Stricken Guatemala - US Department of State
		In an October 11 statement, the U.S. Department of Defense said Rumsfeld had spent the previous few days monitoring disaster-relief operations in both Guatemala and Pakistan, which were hit by natural disasters leading to significant loss of life.
		The department said the scope of the disaster in Guatemala is overwhelming capabilities to get aid to remote, mountainous areas of the country. The need for helicopters is particularly great in areas where bridges have been wiped out, often cutting off the only means to reach isolated villages, according to Defense.
		Rumsfeld is hosting an October 12-13 meeting in Key Biscayne, Florida, of Central American defense and security ministers. The Defense Department said the meeting's main topics include disaster relief, United Nations peacekeeping operations and regional security concerns, such as terrorism and narcotics trafficking, and implementation of the U.S.-Central American Free Trade Agreement.
	usinfo.state.gov /wh/Archive/2005/Oct/13-10069.html (411 words)

	U.S. Department of the Interior - News Release - The United States Department of the Interior and the Government of ...
		Carlos Fión, Chief of Staff to the President of Guatemala, Dirk Kempthorne, Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, and Salvador Lopez, Director of Culture for the Guatemala Ministry of Culture and Sports, sign Understanding for a partnership that will help promote sustainable development in Guatemala.
		Fión told Secretary Kempthorne, "it is an honor for the Government of Guatemala to share a table with you.
		The commitment of Guatemala in the area of conservation and protection of the environment, and natural and archaeological resources is total, including many parts of the Guatemalan government, the private sector, and individuals."
	www.doi.gov /news/06_News_Releases/060912.html (577 words)

	Harvard University Press: Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala, IV, Peripheral Survey and Excavation, ...
		Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala, II, 1.
		Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala, V, 1.
		Excavations at Seibal, Department of Peten, Guatemala, III, 1.
	www.hup.harvard.edu /catalog/WILEX4.html (286 words)

	The Geography of Mexico \| Thematic Essay \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The rainforest lowlands continue and the Maya area includes parts of the Mexican state of Chiapas, the adjoining Petén department of Guatemala, most of Belize, and the Caribbean coast of Honduras.
		The mountainous Pacific side, with its geologically recent volcanoes, is rugged and temperate, and the immediately adjoining Pacific plain, which runs narrowly along the coast of Guatemala, Chiapas, and El Salvador, is hot and humid.
		Department of Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/m_cam/hd_m_cam.htm (399 words)

	Guatemala, department of Quiche, Chichicastenango, Quiche Maya / Woman's headcloth or carrying cloth (su't) / c. ...
		Guatemala, department of Quiche, Chichicastenango, Quiche Maya / Woman's headcloth or carrying cloth (su't) / c.
		This image is one of over 108,000 from the AMICA Library (formerly The Art Museum Image Consortium Library- The AMICO Library™), a growing online collection of high-quality, digital art images from over 20 museums around the world.
		Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com.
	www.davidrumsey.com /amico/amico686739-41509.html (304 words)

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