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Topic: Suchitepequez Department


In the News (Tue 2 Dec 08)

  
  Izabal - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Izabal is bordered to the north by Belize, to the north east by the Gulf of Honduras, and to the east by Honduras, and by the Guatemalan departments of Petén to the north west, Alta Verapaz to the west, and Zacapa to the south.
From the area around Lake Izabal, the Department of Izabal stretches along the Río Dulce to the coast of the Caribbean Sea.
The department of Izabal includes the ports of Puerto Barrios (the departmental seat) and Livingston.
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 Managua Department Of Nicaragua - Schema-Root   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
1,500 Indigenous residents of the Honduran departments of Intibuca...
Department misinformed Zoellick before he travelled to the Dominican Republic, or he was drunk when he made his demands.
State Department misinformed Zoellick before he traveled to the Dominican Republic, or he was drunk when he made his demands.
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 Guatemalaweb.com
Escuintlá is the capital of the department of Escuintlá.
In the south of the department of Retalhuleu is the municipality of Champerico which has fl-sand beaches and one of the most important ports in the southern part of the Republic.
This department is famous for having the highest peak in the country and all of Central America: Tajumulco Volcano.
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 Guatemala - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Guatemala City, city in south central Guatemala, capital of the country and of its Guatemala Department, situated in a valley in the volcanic...
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Escuintla, city in southern Guatemala, capital of Escuintla Department, on the Guacalate River near the city of Guatemala.
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 Guatemala10.586a
In its observations, the State referred to case 2327 before the First Court of First Instance for Criminal Investigation of the department, and reported that the Public Ministry had requested that a statement be taken and that a medical examiner's report be sought.
The State indicated that in respect of this matter case number 894-90 was before the Court of First Instance for the department of Totonicapán, and remained in the investigative phase.
In view of the pendency of this domestic proceeding, the State requested that the case before the Commission be declared inadmissible for failure to exhaust domestic remedies.
www.cidh.oas.org /annualrep/99eng/Merits/Guatemala10.586a.htm   (9202 words)

  
 Chapter 3: Social Movements and the Government Response
Intimately linked to the historical disparities in Guatemalan agriculture, the second phenomenon that must be considered is the "consciousness-raising" of the rural population, beginning with the first Revolutionary government.
The participation of this important sector of the population in the political and social life of the country was accomplished through the 1,496 Local Agrarian Committees operating in 1953, mainly in the departments with the highest degree of disparity regarding land and where the Agrarian Reform was broadest.
George Kennan, staff director of the U.S. State Department until 1950, stated that the use of force was necessary to counteract the impact on U.S. security of "communist" governments in Latin America.
shr.aaas.org /guatemala/ciidh/dts/socmove.html   (6296 words)

  
 Suchitepéquez - Travel to Guatemala - Viaje a Guatemala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Following the decree of the Constituyente on October 11, 1825, the settlements were declared territory of the State.
It also comprised the present-day Department of Retalhuleu, but on 16 October 1877 it was segregated from Suchitepéquez.
The cultivation of cacao (in its golden era), coffee and sugarcane, made it one of the most prosperous Departments of Guatemala.
www.viajeaguatemala.com /english/Suchitepequez/1051016311856.htm   (1070 words)

  
 TOURISM RETALHULEU AND SUCHITEPEQUEZ
The fertility of it's soil is important for the economic development of this region, one of the most prosperous in the country.
The department has and extension of 1,856 km2 with 188,764 inhabitants (according to the census of 1994) and an average density of 102 inhabitants for square kilometer.
The department head is the town of Mazatenango (30,350 inhabitants in 1994).
www.chillitoursguate.com /prod02.htm   (407 words)

  
 Annual 1989-1990 Chapter IV Guatemala
In addition, the town of quiche, located in the department of the same name, was occupied militarily by guerrilla forces, the Guerrilla Army of the poor (EGP), who launched attacks against city hall, the police substation, and the Office of the Commander of the Civil Defense Patrol.
In the Department of Suchitepequez, a group of 200 guerrillas temporarily blocked a section of the highway between Nahualate and Chicacao where they held a protest against the government and caused a traffic jam in the area.
Another desire is to create the Department of International Relations and the Department of Investigations which would investigate independently cases that come up and get results in cases of disappeared persons, illegal detentions, murders and so forth.
www.cidh.oas.org /annualrep/89.90eng/chap4c.htm   (4922 words)

  
 Comment by Jim Fussell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
CODECA - Comité de Desarrollo Campesino - was formed in 1993 to organize and represent Indigenous campesinos, with emphasis on those working on the 'for-export' plantations of the south west coast of Guatemala.
CODECA is providing Stan emergency relief to member communities in the department of Suchitepequez.
MTC - Movimiento de Trabajadores Rurales - is a movement of farm laborers in 10 municipalities located in the Costa and Boca Coast regions of the department of San Marcos.
www.omidyar.net /user/u494644901/news/9/0   (1293 words)

  
 Casa de Lenguas Guatemala: What's New?
The donation of $ 1779.65 and Q 9010 is sent to a Guatemalan foundation, Asociación de Desarollo Integral para Comunidades (ADICO) in Mazatenango, which is located in Suchitepéquez, a department at the south coast of Guatemala.
Adela is a 65 year old woman, who lives together with her family in a small village, San José Churririn de Mazatenango, in the coastal department of Suchitepéquez.
Stan hit mainly in the south of the country, the Pacific coastline and the highlands of Guatemala, representing the 30% of the country that are also the poorest areas.
www.casadelenguas.com /new/new.html   (1160 words)

  
 americas.org - Some Violence as Vote Starts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
According to Valentín Paniagua, head of the Organization of American States (OAS) election observation mission, voters burned ballot boxes in three polling places in El Quetzal, San Marcos department, to protest delays and the exclusion of many local residents from the voter rolls.
Residents of Cuyotenango, Suchitepéquez department, burned ballot boxes for the same reasons, according to department board of elections head Hans Morales.
Two indigenous women were reportedly trampled to death in Chajul, Quiché department in the rush to vote when the polls opened there at 7 a.m.
www.americas.org /item_8597   (373 words)

  
 americas.org - Seven Killed at Ranch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Seven people were killed in a dispute that started on January 21 between local campesinos and the owner of the El Corozo ranch in Samayac municipality, in the southwestern Guatemalan department of Suchitepéquez.
His body was found on January 22 in San Andrés Villa Seca in nearby Retalhuleu department, with several bullet wounds, although the body wasn’t positively identified by relatives until January 28.
Tambriz and the five campesinos who were killed came from the villages of Sampoj and Santa Marchía Ixtahuacán, north of Samayac in Sololá department.
www.americas.org /item_17733   (367 words)

  
 International Federation of Journalists   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Aquino reported that a number of FRG supporters from Zacapa were recently transported to Guatemala City in government vehicles to participate in demonstrations.
SAN MARCOS: San Marcos journalists allege that in recent days they have been harassed by PNC officers who have been questioning them about the work they do and asking for their personal information, their home addresses and the addresses of their employers.
SUCHITEPEQUEZ: Journalists from a number of media outlets in Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez department, have filed a complaint with the Auxiliary Human Rights Prosecutor's Office.
www.ifj.org /?index=1874&Language=EN   (2463 words)

  
 Docs 32-49
Effective December 29, 1952, the Department of National Farms was legally dissolved and its affairs and properties transferred to a liquidating commission pending distribution of the land under the Agrarian Reform Law.
Although the National Agrarian Department planned in late 1952 to begin distributions from private farms, this phase of the agrarian program was not placed in operation until January 1953 when President Arbenz signed a resolution ordering the first expropriation of four farms in various parts of the country.
While they may appeal decisions affecting their interests to the National Agrarian Department, this agency and the civil courts, which probably could not be utilized, are so closely subjected to the will of the administration that such recourse would avail little.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/frus/ike/guat/20175.htm   (16350 words)

  
 Guatemala
Coffee is grown mainly on the Pacific slope and in the department of Alta Verapaz.
The El Peten department in the north depends mostly upon tourism and as it is in this area that the great ruins of Tikal are located.
Guatemala suffers from the regional legacy of the "banana republic": the inequitable distribution of land and wealth, uneven development, and the dependence on a few export crops for its economy mainstay.
www.questconnect.org /ca_guatemala.htm   (857 words)

  
 Guatemala
We quickly determined that 4 major areas were affected: Escuintal coastal area, Lake Atitlan, the Department of San Marcos, and Department of Suchitepequez.
Funds were allocated for distribution in the Department of San Marcos under the supervision of the Parkers.
He is a highly motivated pastor who works with Baptist churches in the department and has a vision for starting new works as a result of this disaster.
www.drmission.com /stepleton/guatemala1.htm   (4655 words)

  
 Friendship Bridge Microcredit Program
Friendship Bridge is committed to reaching the poorest areas of rural Guatemala and providing credit to women.
Currently there are branch offices in five areas of Western Guatemala: Santiago de Atitlan and Nahuala in the Department of Solola, Chicacao in the Department of Suchitepequez, Nebaj in the Ixil Triangle area of Quiche Department, and Chimaltenango in the Department of Chimaltenango.
By December 2005 there were 7,357 women in 286 trust banks throughout the four Departments where we operate.
www.friendshipbridge.org /microcredit_programs.htm   (709 words)

  
 Week of February 22 to 28, 1999   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The exhumations took place in the municipality of Panzos, in the department of Coban, in the village of Belen, in the municipality of Santo Domingo, in the department of Suchitepequez, and in the villages of Acul and Chel, in the department of Quiche.
Suasnavar said that in Panzos there were the remains of 35 victims of an army massacre that took place on May 29, 1978.
In Belen, the remains of 18 victims were found at the site where there had been a military barracks between 1980 and 1983, during which period there were more than 200 disappearances reported.
www.fhrg.org /022299.htm   (1317 words)

  
 For The Record 2003
In that resolution the General Assembly took note of the request of the Government of Guatemala for a final extension through the end of 2004, considering that elections will be held in 2003 and a new Administration is scheduled to take office in January 2004.
The resolution noted concerns in Guatemalan civil society and in the international community that voids would be created should MINUGUA depart Guatemala before a new Government had taken office and demonstrated its commitment to the peace process.
The men were convicted for their role in the extrajudicial killings committed last year in Chocón, a community in Izábal department.
www.hri.ca /fortherecord2003/documentation/genassembly/a-58-267.htm   (6961 words)

  
 GUATEMALA: Urgent Actions post-elections : IMC Maritimes
Violent incidents reported in the course of the elections include the burning of thirty ballot boxes in the indigenous communities of El Quetzal, San Marcos Department and Cuyutenango in Suchitepequez Department.
In Iztapa, Escuintla Department and Palencia, Guatemala Department, some would-be voters were prevented from voting and ballot boxes were attacked and destroyed.
Three indigenous women, Maria Ijon Escobar, Catarina Escobar and a third unnamed woman, were reportedly crushed to death when violence erupted in a crowd waiting for a polling station to open in the village of Chajul, El Quiche Department.
maritimes.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=7036   (1267 words)

  
 Dallas Museum of Art - View
With fifty textiles attributed to the Pacific coast, the Dallas Museum of Art has one of the most significant representations of textiles from that geographic area.
Most of the examples in Branch and Scorpion were woven in the communities of San Sebastián in the department of Retaluleu and Santo Domingo Suchitepéquez and Samayac in the department of Suchitepéquez, during the period 1900 to 1950.
Cofradía textile, possibly an apron for a figure of Christ, Guatemala: department of Suchitepéquez, Samayac, Kaqchikel or K’iche’ Maya, c.
www.dallasmuseumofart.org /Dallas_Museum_of_Art/View/Current_Exhibitions/ID_059907   (536 words)

  
 GUATEMALA: Urgent Actions post-elections : IMC Maritimes
There is also concern for the safety of elected mayor and National Guatemalan Revolutionary Unity (URNG) representative Marcos Ramirez, members of the municipal governing board and others connected with the elections in the town of Cantabal, department of Quiche.
On 10 November, following the announcement of local election results, supporters of rival party Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG), reportedly instigated a demonstration outside the offices of the National Civil Police and the Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) in Cantabal, in an attempt to force the head of the TSE to nullify the election result.
The campesinos were recognized as owners of their land through Governmental Accord 223-2003 on April 7, 2003.
maritimes.indymedia.org /mail.php?id=7036&comments=yes   (1267 words)

  
 AMR 34/067/2003 GUATEMALA DEATH THREATS / HARASSMENT
Violent incidents reported in the course of the elections include the burning of thirty ballot boxes in the indigenous communities of El Quetzal, San Marcos Department and Cuyutenango in Suchitepéquez Department.
Three indigenous women, María Ijón Escobar, Catarina Escobar and a third unnamed woman, were reportedly crushed to death when violence erupted in a crowd waiting for a polling station to open in the village of Chajul, El Quiché Department.
Administrative irregularities in a number of departments reportedly led to thousands of people being omitted from the electoral register and therefore denied the right to vote.
www2.amnesty.de /internet/deall.nsf/90b6c7484b35f10ec1256aa10077406e/554ced182227394fc1256ddc004b060f?OpenDocument   (853 words)

  
 Inside Costa Rica - National News
At least five people died and another 10 were wounded on Tuesday during one of the bloodiest attacks against a bus of the urban transportation in Guatemala.
The bus was traveling from the city of Tecun Uman in the frontier with Mexico to the Guatemalan capital when it was boarded by various criminals near the department of Suchitepequez.
According to some witnesses, a private security agent tried to intervene but suddenly a shooting left the auxiliary driver, two military engineers and a woman dead.
insidecostarica.com /dailynews/2006/july/05/reg04.htm   (210 words)

  
 Our world; our rights: UN World Conference on Human Rights (14-25 June 1993): cases for appeals
On 1 April 1989 uniformed soldiers with their faces in fl camouflage paint kicked down the door of the room where Luis Ruiz and Macario Pu Chivalán were sleeping in an estate in Suchitepéquez department in south-western Guatemala.
In both cases family members were told not to interfere as the men were taken away in their underwear to an unknown destination.
The four men were seasonal farm workers from El Quiché; department and members of the Consejo de Comunidades Etnicas "Runujel Junam" (CERJ), Council of Ethnic Communities "We are all equal." CERJ was formed in El Quiché; in 1988 and has amongst its objectives the denunciation of human rights violations directed at indigenous groups.
www.amnestyusa.org /justearth/document.do?id=DC963B4CE7A7486C802569A600603183   (9260 words)

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