Guatemala extradites ex-president to US

The Courier Mail - Friday 24th May, 2013

GUATEMALA has extradited ex-president Alfonso Portillo to the United States to face charges of laundering $US70 million ($A72.19 million). "Farewell, people of Guatemala," Portillo, 61, said after describing his plane trip under the escort of US agents as a "kidnapping" and accusing the Guatemalan government of breaking the law. "They have acted illegally against me from the ...

Ex-Guatemala President Extradited to US

International Herald Tribune - Friday 24th May, 2013

GUATEMALA CITY -- The lawyer for ex-Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo says he is being extradited to the United States to face money-laundering and embezzlement ...

El Salvadors leader gives pope bloodstained relic of Oscar Romero

General Sources - Friday 24th May, 2013

Pope Francis and President Mauricio Funes Cartagena of El Salvador look at a reliquary containing a blood-stained piece of the vestment of slain Archbishop Oscar Romero during a private audience in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 23. (CNS photo/Alessandro Bianchi, ...

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General Sources - Friday 24th May, 2013

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El Salvador presses pope on archbishop beatification

General Sources - Friday 24th May, 2013

Pope Francis and El Salvador President Mauricio Funes stand in front of a reliquary containing a fragment of the vestment that archbishop Oscar Romero was wearing when he was assassinated, on Thursday at the ...

Letters The Genocide Trial of Guatemalas Former Dictator

International Herald Tribune - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

To the Editor: Your May 23 editorial ...

El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state

Arabic News - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state Palestine-El Salvador, Politics, 8/26/2011 El Salvador Thursday recognized Palestine as an independent and sovereign state, according to Palestinian officials. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked the president of El Salvador for the recognition, expressing hope that it will bolster bilateral relations. Foreign Minister Riyad Malki had ...

Fitch Revisa Calificaciones de Entidades Financieras Estatales de El Salvador

Fitch Ratings - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Lack of Stringent U.S. CMBS Underwriting Could Affect REITs Changes in the availability, pricing, and underwriting stringency of U.S. CMBS financing could affect REITs directly and indirectly, according to Fitch Ratings. In addition, a boom-or-bust cycle for CMBS loan performance would negatively affect REITs that regularly access the CMBS ...

Pope Francis Receives President of El Salvador Speak of Murdered Archbishop Romero

General Sources - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Today the President of El Salvador , Carlos Mauricio Cartagena was granted an audience with Pope Francis I at the Vatican were both spoke of assassinated Archbishop Oscar ...

Costa Rica and Guatemala move closer to joining Pacific Alliance bloc

General Sources - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

BOGOTA, Colombia -- The four nations of the Pacific Alliance may be getting some company as they aim to turn the fledgling bloc into a regional powerhouse and boost trade with Asia. On Thursday, the presidents of Costa Rica and Guatemala said they hoped to become full-fledged members of the group within months.The Alliance — formed by Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru — held its ...

Coffee Leaf Rust Plant Disease Threatens Central American Crops

The World - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Zoom in on the Indian Ocean for our Geo Quiz. We’re looking for an island nation. Its neighbors to the southwest are the Maldives. The island we’re in search of offers an interesting example of how plants changed the world. Back when it was under Dutch control, there were valuable cinnamon plantations across the island we want you to name. In the 19th century the economy shifted ...

Israels Hand in Guatemalas Genocide

OpEdNews - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. (Photo credit: Jim Wallace of the Smithsonian Institution) At the height of Guatemala's mass slaughters in the 1980s, including genocide against the Ixil Indians, the Reagan administration worked with Israeli officials to provide helicopters that the Guatemalan army used to hunt down fleeing villagers, according to documentary and eyewitness ...

Ill woman at center of abortion debate in El Salvador

CNN - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

A woman known as Beatriz is pregnant and suffering from illnesses She wants an abortion to help save her life But abortions are illegal in El Salvador in all circumstances The Supreme Court is debating the ...

Will Justice Be Possible In Guatemala

The Nation - Thursday 23rd May, 2013

Two US military officers are caught delivering weapons to Colombian paramilitaries. Frank Smyth One of them is Guatemala’s president, Otto Perez Molina, a retired general who, according to an ex-soldier testifying in Ríos Montt’s trial, ordered soldiers to burn and loot villages and "execute people." But President Perez Molina was not on trial and no corroborating ...