Guatemala
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'Pack-a-thon' aids Guatemalan kids...ASH - Working two-hour shifts in teams, more than 600 volunteers Saturday assembled 200,000 meals for starving children in famine-stricken Guatemala. From ages 3 to 85, the volunteers packed a high-protein mix of rice, dried vegetables and... In this article: Kroger Co., Soy protein, Hope International, and World Health Organization |
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The Advocate | 2 hours ago
Hispanic groups extend a charitable hand
No cranberry sauce and doting aunts and uncles or wine in a cardboard box. Instead, more than 80 immigrant men, mostly from Guatemala and Ecuador, formed lines at the day laborer pick-up site at Lafayette and South State streets to...
In this article: Stamford and Seventh Day Adventist Church
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Boston Globe -- Today's paper A to Z | 17 hours ago
Guatemala resuming adoptions
THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemalan officials yesterday announced the resumption of international adoptions after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being...
In this article: United States, Guatemala City, and China
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Guatemala reopening international adoptions
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Guatemalan officials on Friday announced the resumption of international adoptions after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold. Legal reforms established during the...
In this article: U.S., Guatemala City, and China
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San Diego Union-Tribune | 1 day ago
Guatemala reopening international adoptions
In this article: Associated Press Writer, U.S., and China
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PR Newswire: Multicultural News | 2 days ago
UPDATE: U.S. Government Acts to Ameliorate Guatemala Malnutrition Crisis
...& Agency News, Foreign Policy & International Affairs UPDATE: U.S. Government Acts to Ameliorate Guatemala Malnutrition Crisis GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seeking to combat the food security crisis...
In this article: United States Agency for International Development, Catholic Relief Services, Mercy Corps, United Nations, and Guatemala City
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Reuters | 2 days ago
DIARY - Americas Market Holidays to December 2009
Argentina - Immaculate Conception Panama - Mother's Day Peru - Immaculate Conception THURSDAY, DEC 24 Brazil - Christmas Eve Guatemala - Christmas Eve FRIDAY, DEC 25 Argentina - Christmas day Bermuda - Christmas Day Brazil...
In this article: Boxing Day, Brazil, E-mail, Mother's Day, Argentina, and Venezuela
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The Australian | 3 days ago
Guatemala: Women Trade Unionists Held Captive
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 12:53 pm Press Release: International Trade Union Confederation Guatemala: Women Trade Unionists Held Captive at Labour Ministry Brussels, 16 November 2009: The ITUC has strongly condemned the illegal...
In this article: International Trade Union Confederation, U.S., International Labour Organisation, Monsanto, Somalia, and Indian Ocean
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Guatemala president faces tough fight on tax reform
...to stop the state from functioning," said Mario Taracena, a congressman from Colom's National Unity for Hope Party, or UNE. Guatemala has one of the lowest rates of tax collection in Latin America. Rating agency Standard & Poor's cut...
In this article: Tax, Alvaro Colom, Patriot Party, Sugar, Eurasia Group, Standard & Poor's, and Alejandro Sinibaldi
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Miami Herald | November 03, 2009
In S. Florida and beyond, Samaritans gather aid for drought-hit Guatemala
Do-gooders are stepping up to help Guatemala as it struggles to recover from a drought that has pushed many to the brink of starvation. BY TRENTON DANIEL A Miami dentist set up a drop-off spot on Flagler Street in Little Havana. A...
In this article: Pan American Development Foundation, Rice and beans, Food for the Poor, and Miami, Florida
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Description from Wikipedia:
Guatemala (Spanish: República de Guatemala, ) is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast.
A representative democracy, its capital is Guatemala City. The nation has been stable since 1996 and has been in a state of continuous development and economic growth. Guatemala's abundance of biologically significant and unique ecosystems contribute to Mesoamerica's designation as a biodiversity hotspot.
- Name:
- Guatemala
- Conventional Long Name:
- Republic of Guatemala
- Local Name:
- República de Guatemala
- Capital:
- Guatemala City
- Language:
- Spanish, Mayan dialects
- Motto:
- "Libre Crezca Fecundo"
- Largest City:
- Guatemala City
- Government type:
- Presidential republic
- Founding Date:
- September 15, 1821
- Formations:
- Date
- Area:
- 108,890
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $62.580 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $33.694 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $2,531
- Currency:
- Quetzal
- Demonym:
- Guatemalan
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- GTQ
- Country Calling Code:
- +502
- ccTLD:
- .gt
- Anthem:
- Himno Nacional de Guatemala
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