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	<title>Breaking News &#187; Guatemala City</title>
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		<title>Guatemalan President Kjell Eugenio Laugerud, who led during turbulent &#8217;70s, dies at 79</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:24:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Guatemalan ex-president Laugerud dies at 79

GUATEMALA CITY — Former President Kjell Eugenio Laugerud, who is credited with helping rebuild Guatemala after the devastating 1976 earthquake, has died from complications related to cancer. He was 79.
Laugerud died Wednesday at his Guatemala City home, military spokesman Byron Gutierrez said Friday.
His conservative 1974-78 administration is credited with an .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemalan-president-kjell-eugenio-laugerud-who-led-during-turbulent-70s-dies-at-79-243099/" title="Guatemalan President Kjell Eugenio Laugerud, who led during turbulent &#8217;70s, dies at 79">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vigilante mob in Guatemala beats suspected criminal to death: 5th such killing in 3 days</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 03:34:32 +0000</pubDate>
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Guatemala vigilantes kill 5th suspect in 3 days

GUATEMALA CITY — A mob beat a suspected criminal to death Sunday and threatened to burn three women who were with the victim, authorities said Sunday. It was Guatemala&#8217;s fifth vigilante killing in three days.
Hours later, police rescued three men being threatened by an angry crowd in another .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vigilante-mob-in-guatemala-beats-suspected-criminal-to-death-5th-such-killing-in-3-days-240737/">Vigilante mob in Guatemala beats suspected criminal to death: 5th such killing in 3 days</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemalan army officer convicted in civil war disappearances</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 05:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Guatemala army officer convicted in civil war case

GUATEMALA CITY — A retired army officer has been convicted and sentenced to 53 years in prison in the forced disappearance of civilians during Guatemala&#8217;s civil war.
The convictions for the 1981 abductions at the village of El Jute were the first ever under charges of failing to respect ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemalan-army-officer-convicted-in-civil-war-disappearances-240190/">Guatemalan army officer convicted in civil war disappearances</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemalan funeral home operators show up at morgues, murder scenes in competion for corpses</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 23:42:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Guatemalan funeral homes compete for corpses

GUATEMALA — They&#8217;re called &#8220;calaqueros&#8221; — skullmongers — and they make a living off Guatemala City&#8217;s infamously high murder rate.
They chase ambulances, wait outside morgues or speed to crime scenes, trying to be the first to reach family members of the dead and sell their coffin-wake-funeral packages for as little ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemalan-funeral-home-operators-show-up-at-morgues-murder-scenes-in-competion-for-corpses-237376/">Read : Guatemalan funeral home operators show up at morgues, murder scenes in competion for corpses</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemalan mob burns to death 3 suspects in killing of bus driver</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Guatemala mob kills, burns 3 suspected criminals

GUATEMALA CITY — Police say a mob in Guatemala burned to death two men and a woman suspected of killing a local bus driver.
Photos show the half-burned bodies lying in a street in the western city of Solola.
Police say the three were taken into custody for allegedly shooting to ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemalan-mob-burns-to-death-3-suspects-in-killing-of-bus-driver-236807/">Guatemalan mob burns to death 3 suspects in killing of bus driver</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Strong earthquake rocks western El Salvador, no immediate reports of injuries, damage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Strong quake shakes El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, EL Salvador — A strong earthquake has rocked El Salvador and parts of Guatemala, but no there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in either country.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 5.9.
The USGS says it hit 31 miles (51 kilometers) southwest .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/strong-earthquake-rocks-western-el-salvador-no-immediate-reports-of-injuries-damage-236346/">Original source &nbsp;: Strong earthquake rocks western El Salvador, no immediate reports of injuries, damage</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala ends 2-year adoption suspension, establishes reforms to stop theft, sale of babies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:02:37 +0000</pubDate>
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Guatemala reopening international adoptions

GUATEMALA CITY — 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 suspension will prevent problems in the future, according to the National Adoption Council, which said in a statement on its .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemala-ends-2-year-adoption-suspension-establishes-reforms-to-stop-theft-sale-of-babies-233685/">Guatemala ends 2-year adoption suspension, establishes reforms to stop theft, sale of babies</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Danish tourist dies from gunshot wound suffered during robbery try in Guatemala cemetery</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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Danish man dies from wound in Guatemala mugging

GUATEMALA CITY — A Danish tourist died Friday, two days after being shot by robbers who tried to steal his camera while he visited a cemetery. Police said two suspected gang members had been arrested.
Paul Wolfgang Ritter died at a hospital in Guatemala City, where he was flown ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/danish-tourist-dies-from-gunshot-wound-suffered-during-robbery-try-in-guatemala-cemetery-221244/" title="Danish tourist dies from gunshot wound suffered during robbery try in Guatemala cemetery">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Submarine carrying 10 tons of cocaine seized</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - US anti-drug agents and Guatemalan army troops captured in Pacific waters four people aboard a small submarine carrying roughly 10 tons of cocaine, officials here said.

Guatemala&#8217;s Interior Minister, Raul Velasquez, told reporters Thursday that the submarine was captured Wednesday in Guatemalan waters.	 	
Authorities estimate that inside the vessel are about 10 tons .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/submarine-carrying-10-tons-of-cocaine-seized-204404/">Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Submarine carrying 10 tons of cocaine seized</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala gunmen kill 1 police officer, wound 6 in separate attacks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Two separate attacks on police in Guatemala have killed one officer and wounded six more.

Interior Minister Raul Velasquez says gunmen opened fire Saturday on a patrol car along a highway outside Guatemala City, killing an officer and wounding three others.
Velasquez said Sunday that assailants attacked another squad car hours later in the ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemala-gunmen-kill-1-police-officer-wound-6-in-separate-attacks-193332/" title="Guatemala gunmen kill 1 police officer, wound 6 in separate attacks">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Series of attacks on police targets in Guatemala kills 2 officers, wounds 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — A series of attacks on police in Guatemala has killed two officers and wounded three.

Interior Minister Raul Velasquez says the attacks appear to be retaliation by criminals, but did not point to a specific gang.
He says the government will not be &#8220;intimidated.&#8221;
The two dead officers were gunned down Thursday in a rough, ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/series-of-attacks-on-police-targets-in-guatemala-kills-2-officers-wounds-3-191229/" title="Series of attacks on police targets in Guatemala kills 2 officers, wounds 3">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala arrests 9, including 5 police, in killing of lawyer who accused president</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:06:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Authorities in Guatemala arrested nine suspects Friday, including five police officers, in the killing of a prominent lawyer who accused President Alvaro Colom of involvement in his death in a posthumously released video.

The arrests were announced by a special investigation group known as the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, which was ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemala-arrests-9-including-5-police-in-killing-of-lawyer-who-accused-president-166468/" title="Guatemala arrests 9, including 5 police, in killing of lawyer who accused president">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala arrests 7, including 5 police, in killing of lawyer who accused president</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 21:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Authorities in Guatemala arrested seven suspects Friday, including five police officers, in the killing of a prominent lawyer who accused President Alvaro Colom of involvement in his death in a posthumously released video.

The arrests were announced by a special investigation group known as the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, which was .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemala-arrests-7-including-5-police-in-killing-of-lawyer-who-accused-president-166311/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Guatemala arrests 7, including 5 police, in killing of lawyer who accused president</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemalan president declares &#8217;state of public calamity&#8217; to confront food shortages</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemalan-president-declares-state-of-public-calamity-to-confront-food-shortages-163142/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:04:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared &#8220;a state of public calamity&#8221; late Tuesday to help mobilize funds and resources to confront a food shortage that will affect thousands of families.

&#8220;This will help us access resources from the international community that are generously offered for this type of situations and to mobilize national resources .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemalan-president-declares-state-of-public-calamity-to-confront-food-shortages-163142/">Guatemalan president declares &#8217;state of public calamity&#8217; to confront food shortages</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gunmen kill 4 Guatemalan prison officials in apparent retaliation for prison crackdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan police say four prison officials have been shot to death in three separate attacks that authorities believe are retaliation for a jail crackdown.

Ministry of Interior spokesman Nery Morales says a warden, a deputy warden, a prison guard and a driver were killed Monday after officials seized cell phones and moved inmates .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gunmen-kill-4-guatemalan-prison-officials-in-apparent-retaliation-for-prison-crackdown-162110/" title="Gunmen kill 4 Guatemalan prison officials in apparent retaliation for prison crackdown">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>37 Guatemalan prison officials sacked</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - Guatemala&#8217;s government ministry sacked 37 prison officials for their alleged complicity in allowing weapons, drugs, cash and assorted electrical devices into a prison, authorities have said. The sacking of the officials came after a raid conducted Saturday at the El Boqueron prison, located in the southeastern province of Santa Rosa.

Authorities seized inside .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/37-guatemalan-prison-officials-sacked-161426/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: 37 Guatemalan prison officials sacked</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemalan leader says ousted Honduran president must be returned to office before elections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said Friday that scheduled elections in neighboring Honduras will not be valid if ousted President Manuel Zelaya is not reinstated before the Nov. 29 vote.

&#8220;President Zelaya must be reinstated before the elections, because if he is not, the elections will not be legitimate,&#8221; Colom said after meeting with ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemalan-leader-says-ousted-honduran-president-must-be-returned-to-office-before-elections-160344/">Guatemalan leader says ousted Honduran president must be returned to office before elections</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Human rights activists cheer Guatemala&#8217;s sentencing in forced disappearances</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:07:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — A Guatemalan court has convicted and sentenced a former paramilitary to 150 years in prison for the forced disappearance of six people who were abducted and presumably killed during the country&#8217;s civil war — a landmark ruling hailed by human rights activists Tuesday.

The sentence against Felipe Cusanero represents 25 years for each .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/human-rights-activists-cheer-guatemalas-sentencing-in-forced-disappearances-156715/">Human rights activists cheer Guatemala&#8217;s sentencing in forced disappearances</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Increasingly a fait accompli, Honduras coup leaves other leftists fearing they could be next</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 00:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Manuel Zelaya&#8217;s chances of getting restored to the Honduran presidency become more distant with each passing week. Across Latin America, his allies and foes alike see a precedent being set.

It&#8217;s a glimmer of hope for the region&#8217;s conservative elite, which has watched with dismay over the past decade as a wave of ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/increasingly-a-fait-accompli-honduras-coup-leaves-other-leftists-fearing-they-could-be-next-143963/" title="Increasingly a fait accompli, Honduras coup leaves other leftists fearing they could be next">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala facing starvation, says report</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 01:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - Thousands of people across Guatemala could face starvation due to a drop in food grain production this year, a report said.

Since May, the number of people under the high-risk category has increased 114 percent, a report released Monday by the Secretariat of Food and Nutritional Security said.	 	
The most affected regions are ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemala-facing-starvation-says-report-142967/" title="Guatemala facing starvation, says report">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala seeks to keep ex-police officials implicated in drug case from leaving country</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY —Prosecutors in Guatemala have requested a restraining order against four former top police officials linked to the disappearance of hundreds of pounds (more than 100 kilograms) of cocaine, in order to keep them from leaving the country.

Prosecutor Leonel Ruiz says that &#8220;we cannot affirm that the former police chiefs are involved, we can .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemala-seeks-to-keep-ex-police-officials-implicated-in-drug-case-from-leaving-country-135277/">Guatemala seeks to keep ex-police officials implicated in drug case from leaving country</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala fires 3 top police officials over cocaine allegedly disappeared after bust</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 10:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala&#8217;s top three police officials have been fired after hundreds of pounds (more than 100 kilograms) of cocaine allegedly disappeared from a shipment seized by authorities.

Interior Minister Raul Velazquez says police made the 1-ton seizure Thursday. But when federal prosecutors weighed the drugs, 258 pounds (117 kilograms) were missing.
National Police spokesman Donald ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemala-fires-3-top-police-officials-over-cocaine-allegedly-disappeared-after-bust-134229/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Guatemala fires 3 top police officials over cocaine allegedly disappeared after bust</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP IMPACT: From Andes to Argentina, Mexican drug cartels expand, operate in 47 countries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 01:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan drug boss Juan Jose &#8220;Juancho&#8221; Leon was summoned by Mexican traffickers for what he was told was business. Instead, dozens of attackers ambushed his entourage with grenades and assault rifles, killing Leon and 10 others in a brazen demonstration of power.

Mexican drug traffickers are branching out as never before — spreading ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-impact-from-andes-to-argentina-mexican-drug-cartels-expand-operate-in-47-countries-116316/">AP IMPACT: From Andes to Argentina, Mexican drug cartels expand, operate in 47 countries</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president calls for uprising</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - Ousted Honduran President Mel Zelaya has urged the people of his country to revolt against the &#8220;interim&#8221; government that took power after the June 28 military coup in Tegucigalpa.

&#8220;Insurrection is a right of the people that is deposited in Article 3 of the constitution of Honduras, and the Hondurans should make their .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ousted-honduran-president-calls-for-uprising-109713/">Source article &nbsp;: Ousted Honduran president calls for uprising</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Ousted Honduran president: People &#8216;have the right to insurrection&#8217; against interim government</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/ousted-honduran-president-people-have-the-right-to-insurrection-against-interim-government-109519/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 06:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya said Tuesday that the Honduran people &#8220;have the right to insurrection&#8221; against the interim government that forced him out of the country.

The remarks appeared to pave the way for a further escalation of the conflict in Honduras, where Zelaya&#8217;s supporters have staged massive marches demanding his return ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ousted-honduran-president-people-have-the-right-to-insurrection-against-interim-government-109519/">Ousted Honduran president: People &#8216;have the right to insurrection&#8217; against interim government</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Court says evidence insufficient to try Guatemalan arrested for tweet</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/court-says-evidence-insufficient-to-try-guatemalan-arrested-for-tweet-105025/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:33:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luis Angel Faf</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — An appeals court found insufficient evidence to warrant the trial of a Guatemalan whose Twitter message led to his arrest on charges of inciting financial panic.

Jean Anleu was arrested and charged in May after sending a 96-character tweet that urged depositors to withdraw funds from a bank involved in a political-murder scandal. .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/court-says-evidence-insufficient-to-try-guatemalan-arrested-for-tweet-105025/">Source &nbsp;: Court says evidence insufficient to try Guatemalan arrested for tweet</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Man caught raping his daughter burnt alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - A man who raped his nine-year-old daughter was lynched and burnt alive by a mob in the Guatemalan town of San Juan Sacatepequez, the police said.

Some 200 people responded to a call for help from the girl&#8217;s younger brother while Samuel Cotzajay Cubule, 52, was sexually abusing her, the police said.	 	
The  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-caught-raping-his-daughter-burnt-alive-98585/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In a modern twist on the Kafka stories he loves, Guatemalan could get prison for a tweet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:10:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Jean Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social-networking site Twitter.

That message has now earned him a potential five-year prison sentence and the unfortunate distinction of becoming one of the first people in the world .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-a-modern-twist-on-the-kafka-stories-he-loves-guatemalan-could-get-prison-for-a-tweet-92978/">In a modern twist on the Kafka stories he loves, Guatemalan could get prison for a tweet</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala seizes 9.9 million pseudoephedrine pills, record for of methamphetamine precursor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:49:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities confiscated nearly 10 million pseudoephedrine pills worth $33 million on Tuesday — the country&#8217;s biggest seizure of the methamphetamine precursor, police said.

The 9.9 million pills were seized from a shipping container at Puerto Quetzal, Guatemala&#8217;s main port on the Pacific coast, said police spokesman Donald Gonzalez.
The container bore a shipping .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemala-seizes-99-million-pseudoephedrine-pills-record-for-of-methamphetamine-precursor-83311/">Guatemala seizes 9.9 million pseudoephedrine pills, record for of methamphetamine precursor</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala urges 2 swine flu-hit towns to shut down public activity; cases rise to 96</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:04:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala&#8217;s government is asking two towns to close down nearly all public venues to prevent the spread of swine flu.

Health Secretary Celso Cerezo said the virus has infected 96 people in the Central America country, including 11 in the last 24 hours. Most have recovered.
On Wednesday, Guatemala suspended all schools nationwide until ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemala-urges-2-swine-flu-hit-towns-to-shut-down-public-activity-cases-rise-to-96-80455/" title="Guatemala urges 2 swine flu-hit towns to shut down public activity; cases rise to 96">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor: Grenades, ammunition seized from Mexican traffickers belong to Guatemalan army</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 10:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Thousands of bullets and grenades that were part of a Mexican drug cartel&#8217;s weapons cache belong to the Guatemalan army, Guatemala&#8217;s anti-drug prosecutor said Thursday.

Prosecutor Leonel Ruiz said investigators have determined that more than 3,800 bullets and 563 grenades seized outside Guatemala&#8217;s capital in April following a shootout that left five anti-drug ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutor-grenades-ammunition-seized-from-mexican-traffickers-belong-to-guatemalan-army-72654/">Prosecutor: Grenades, ammunition seized from Mexican traffickers belong to Guatemalan army</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Six dead in Guatemala plane crash</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 12:07:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ria Novosti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - At least six people were killed when a small plane crashed into a house in the Guatemalan capital, authorities said.



A fire department spokesman told the media that the victims - five men and one woman, including the pilot and several municipal employees and university professors who were travelling to Belize - were ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/six-dead-in-guatemala-plane-crash-63054/">Six dead in Guatemala plane crash</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala president seeks int&#8217;l support in uproar over accusation he ordered lawyer killed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemala-president-seeks-intl-support-in-uproar-over-accusation-he-ordered-lawyer-killed-62115/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 06:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala&#8217;s government reached out for international support Wednesday in a bid to preserve the country&#8217;s stability, amid growing calls for President Alvaro Colom&#8217;s resignation after being accused of ordered the killing of a lawyer.

Colom continued to vehemently deny the videotaped accusations by Rodrigo Rosenberg that were broadcast posthumously after the attorney was .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemala-president-seeks-intl-support-in-uproar-over-accusation-he-ordered-lawyer-killed-62115/">Guatemala president seeks int&#8217;l support in uproar over accusation he ordered lawyer killed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala president asks for UN probe of slaying of lawyer who accused him in dramatic videot</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 04:48:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — A slain man&#8217;s videotaped and posthumously broadcast accusation that President Alvaro Colom ordered his murder threw Guatemala into an uproar and prompted government calls Tuesday for a U.N. agency and the FBI to investigate the killing.

Colom vehemently denied the allegations made in a videotape left by lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg, who was shot .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemala-president-asks-for-un-probe-of-slaying-of-lawyer-who-accused-him-in-dramatic-videot-60843/">Guatemala president asks for UN probe of slaying of lawyer who accused him in dramatic videot</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Murdered lawyer accuses Guatemala&#8217;s president in video tape made before slaying</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 10:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Juan Carlos Llorca</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — A lawyer slain by gunmen over the weekend appears in a video tape that emerged Monday alleging that if anything happened to him it would be at the behest of Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom.

Colom&#8217;s spokesman, Fernando Barrillas, issued a statement saying the government &#8220;categorically rejects any accusations made in tapes and statements ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/murdered-lawyer-accuses-guatemalas-president-in-video-tape-made-before-slaying-59863/" title="Murdered lawyer accuses Guatemala&#8217;s president in video tape made before slaying">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Strong earthquake hits Guatemala</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 09:02:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - A strong earthquake rattled Guatemala Sunday, with a magnitude of 6.1 on the Richter scale, but there were no reports of injuries or damage.



The earthquake struck at a depth of 104 km and took place about 68 km west of Guatemala City, the US Geological Survey reported.


The tremors lasted about 20 seconds .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/strong-earthquake-hits-guatemala-50742/">Strong earthquake hits Guatemala</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Seismologists report 6.1 quake in Guatemala; deep epicenter, shaking light in capital</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/seismologists-report-61-quake-in-guatemala-deep-epicenter-shaking-light-in-capital-50502/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 01:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY — Seismologists are reporting a strong but deeply centered earthquake in Guatemala.

Local radio stations say there are no reports of damages or injuries.
The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake had a magnitude of 6.1 and was centered 25 miles (45 kilometers) southeast of Quetzaltenango, the country&#8217;s second-largest city.
The epicenter is 40 miles (70  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/seismologists-report-61-quake-in-guatemala-deep-epicenter-shaking-light-in-capital-50502/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemalan war orphans were sold, records show</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemalan-war-orphans-were-sold-records-show-21059/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ria Novosti</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - Several children listed as missing during Guatemala&#8217;s 1960-1996 civil war were sold in illegal adoptions, the country&#8217;s social welfare agency records revealed.



The director of the government&#8217;s Peace Archive, Marco Tulio Alvarez, told a press conference here Monday that during the analysis the archive, officials found a series of irregularities that prove the .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/guatemalan-war-orphans-were-sold-records-show-21059/">Guatemalan war orphans were sold, records show</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>13 killed in Guatemala violence</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/13-killed-in-guatemala-violence-15520/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - At least 13 people, including two police officials, have been killed in a wave of violence in Guatemala, EFE reported Sunday.



According to the National Police (PNC), three suspected members of a youth gang, were shot death by unknown gunmen early Saturday in the northeastern suburbs of the capital.


Two PNC officials and a  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/13-killed-in-guatemala-violence-15520/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mob burns two men to death in football field</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mob-burns-two-men-to-death-in-football-field-14129/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mob-burns-two-men-to-death-in-football-field-14129/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:06:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - Two suspected criminals were burnt to death in a football field by a mob in Guatemala&#8217;s Huehuetenango province, the police said.



According to the authorities, the double killing took place Friday when some 1,000 people snatched from the police Mario Giron and Benjamin Lopez, who were arrested as they were suspected of being .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mob-burns-two-men-to-death-in-football-field-14129/">Mob burns two men to death in football field</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Attack during football match kills six in Guatemala</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/attack-during-football-match-kills-six-in-guatemala-4-11566/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - Six people were killed and 11 wounded when a gang opened fire on players and fans at a football match in Guatemala City, EFE reported Friday.



Two teams were playing five-a-side football match on a basketball court in the Santa Fe neighborhood in the capital city Wednesday when the attack occurred.


According to police, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/attack-during-football-match-kills-six-in-guatemala-4-11566/" title="Attack during football match kills six in Guatemala">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Man who raped at least 10 boys nabbed</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-who-raped-at-least-10-boys-nabbed-11263/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-who-raped-at-least-10-boys-nabbed-11263/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - A man who over the past year allegedly raped at least 10 boys here has been nabbed, authorities said.



The police said that Sergio Anibal Lopez, 43, was captured in the Primero de Julio neighbourhood, where - according to complaints - he sexually abused boys ranging in age from six to nine, EFE ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-who-raped-at-least-10-boys-nabbed-11263/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Man who raped at least 10 boys nabbed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Car thieves beaten, set ablaze by mob</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/car-thieves-beaten-set-ablaze-by-mob-5687/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - Six suspected members of a car-theft gang were beaten and set on fire by an enraged mob in Guatemala&#8217;s Chimaltenango province, EFE reported Tuesday.



The five men and one woman, who suffered severe burns, have been admitted to a hospital.


Officials said residents in San Martin Jilotepeque town hit the criminals with sticks and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/car-thieves-beaten-set-ablaze-by-mob-5687/" title="Car thieves beaten, set ablaze by mob">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nearly half of Guatemalan children suffer malnutrition</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/nearly-half-of-guatemalan-children-suffer-malnutrition-4674/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - Nearly half of Guatemala&#8217;s children suffer from chronic malnutrition and their physical growth falls below the average established by the World Health Organisation (WHO), according to a study.



The study carried out by the education and health ministries found that 45.6 percent of Guatemalan children suffer from chronic malnutrition, EFE reported Sunday.


The nationwide .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nearly-half-of-guatemalan-children-suffer-malnutrition-4674/">Nearly half of Guatemalan children suffer malnutrition</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cuba urges US to act fast in improving relations</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-urges-us-to-act-fast-in-improving-relations-8179/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-urges-us-to-act-fast-in-improving-relations-8179/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - Cuba has urged the new US administration of President Barack Obama to act fast towards improving relations between Washington and Havana, EFE news agency reported Saturday.



&#8216;We are ready to sit down at a table and talk in a civilized manner, but it is not up to Cuba to take the first step,&#8217; ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cuba-urges-us-to-act-fast-in-improving-relations-8179/">Original article on  : Cuba urges US to act fast in improving relations</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds evacuated after mudslide in Guatemala</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hundreds-evacuated-after-mudslide-in-guatemala-9007/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.taragana.com/n/hundreds-evacuated-after-mudslide-in-guatemala-9007/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jan 2009 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ians</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[GUATEMALA CITY - Some 1,300 families have been evacuated from their homes in northern Guatemala following Sunday&#8217;s mudslide in which 38 people were killed and 30 still missing, EFE news agency reported Friday.



Emergency management officials in San Cristobal Verapaz province said that the evacuation to a safer zone had been carried out in the last .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hundreds-evacuated-after-mudslide-in-guatemala-9007/">Source article &nbsp;: Hundreds evacuated after mudslide in Guatemala</a>.]]></description>
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