Biden Does Putin ’s Dirty Work in Guatemala
After Vladimir Putin sent henchmen to Guatemala a decade ago to have a Russian businessman and his family jailed, hedge-fund manager William Browder helped expose the Kremlin’s malfeasance.#vladimirputin #guatemala #russian #williambrowder #kremlin (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 13, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Scoop: Biden wants new housing program for migrant families
The Biden administration is asking Congress to approve a temporary housing program for migrant families that illegally cross the southern border — a plan that would give them more freedom than traditional detention, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The government has struggled to balance…#dhs #ice #title42 #mexican #guatemala #honduras #elsalvador #borderpatrol #donaldtrump (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 12, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Violence against women and specialized justice in Guatemala: advances and limitations - Beck E.
This article provides the first detailed account of the structure, functioning, and impact of Guatemala's Femicide and Other Forms of Violence against Women Criminal Courts. I assess the achievements and limitations of these courts from two views: a bird's... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - August 10, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

‘The Stoplight Society’ Director Ruben Mendoza, Costa Rica’s Laura Astorga, Chile’s Equeco Set for Sanfic Industria’s Santiago Lab (EXCLUSIVE)
Sanfic Industria, the industry component of Chile’s 19th Santiago International Film Festival (Sanfic), charges back in full in-person mode this year after three years online. This year’s selection, comprising 11 fiction and 10 documentaries, hails from Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Honduras,…#sanficindustria #chile #argentina #colombia #honduras #mexico #guatemala #costarica #elsalvador #peru (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

“ No ” to Sex Education Fuels Early Pregnancies in Central America
Two pregnant girls walk through the center of the capital of El Salvador, a country with one of the highest rates of pregnancies among girls aged 10 to 14, and where, as in the rest of Central America, what prevails are conservative views opposed to the teaching of sex education in schools, which is essential to reducing the phenomenon. CREDIT: Francisco Campos / IPSBy Edgardo AyalaSAN SALVADOR , Aug 3 2023 (IPS) Pregnancies among girls and adolescents continue unabated in Central America, where legislation to prevent them, when it exists, is a dead letter, and governments are influenced by conservative sectors opposed to ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - August 3, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Edgardo Ayala Tags: Active Citizens Civil Society Development & Aid Featured Gender Headlines Health Latin America & the Caribbean Population Regional Categories Sustainable Development Goals Women's Health Abortion Central America El Salvador G Source Type: news

Are the Biden administration's'processing centers' for migrants in Latin America doing any good?
In April, the Biden administration announced it would be opening “processing centers” in Central and South America to allow migrants to apply to come to the U.S. without making the dangerous journey to the southern border. The plan was to get the first centers open “within weeks,” officials told…#statedepartment #ngo #usmexico #dhs #guatemala #colombia #costarica #safemobilityoffices #africa #nicaraguans (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Guatemala president meets with OAS head, says committed to ensure elections
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei on Tuesday met with the Organization of American States chief Luis Almagro and expressed his commitment to ensuring peaceful elections in the country, he said in a post on messaging platform X on Tuesday. Almagro is set to stay in the Central American…#guatemalan #alejandrogiammattei #luisalmagro #centralamerican #guatemala #bernardoarevalo #sandratorres #oas (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 2, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Guatemala presidential candidate rushes to expand base beyond urban youth
SANTA MARIA DE JESUS, Guatemala (AP) — Presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo stood before a few hundred residents of this small Indigenous community on the slopes of the Agua Volcano and told them they could be the seeds of a brighter, more corruption-free spring in Guatemala. The metaphor fits…#santamariadejesus #bernardoarévalo #aguavolcano #guatemala #seedmovement #juanjoséarévalo #sandratorres #arévalo #guatemalacity #sacatepequez (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 30, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Guatemalans protest against interference in August's election
GUATEMALA CITY — Hundreds of Guatemalans demonstrated Monday to protest interference by courts and prosecutors against a progressive candidate’s participation in August’s second-round presidential election. The government’s actions against Bernardo Arévalo have included suspending his Seed…#guatemalans #bernardoarévalo #seedmovement #sandratorres #guatemalan #guatemala #guatemalacity #sergiomorataya #alejandrogiammattei #arévalosseedmovement (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A 16-year-old boy died while working in a Mississippi poultry plant. An unscrupulous hiring agency may be to blame, a workplace expert says
None Tomas Duvan Perez, 16, died after becoming trapped in equipment while working at a Mississippi poultry plant. • None It is illegal for US poultry plants to hire minors. The company says a hiring agency misled them about his age. • None Perez is the third minor in the last month to die in a US…#duvanperez #mississippi #huffingtonpost #duvantomasperez #guatemala #hattiesburg #jordanbarab #barab #osha #joecolee (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Police, agents search party offices of Guatemalan presidential candidate
Guatemalan agents and police raided the offices of the Seed Movement of presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo on Friday as part of an investigation into alleged wrongdoing in the party’s formation. Andrea Reyes, a lawyer and party member, confirmed that the agents and police had come to search…#guatemalan #seedmovement #bernardoarévalo #andreareyes #generaloffice #sandratorres #generalsoffice #constitutionalcourt (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Here's how natural latex is harvested. #rubberindustry #latex #guatemala
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Source: Reuters: Health - July 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

South Florida mourns death of another farmworker as advocates fight for heat protections
Another farmworker in South Florida has died while on the job as the region has endured more than 37 consecutive days of hot temperatures that feel above 100 degrees. Dozens of people attended a vigil Wednesday to mourn the death of Efraín López García, a 29-year-old farmworker who died two weeks…#southflorida #efraínlópezgarcía #florida #claudiagonzalez #spanish #homestead #guatemalan #lópezgarcía #parkland #usdepartmentoflabor (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A 16-year-old worker died at a poultry plant. Federal probes are underway
A 16-year-old Guatemalan boy died last week after his body became ensnared in the machinery he was hired to clean at a poultry processing plant in Hattiesburg, Miss., prompting two federal investigations. According to a police report, authorities found Duvan Pérez’s body trapped in a conveyor belt…#guatemalan #hattiesburg #duvanpérezs #forrestcounty #butchbenedict #pérez #wisconsin #lizshuler #aflcio #labordepartment (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Poultry plant blames staffing company for hiring 16-year-old who was killed in workplace accident
Create your free profile or log in to save this article Create your free profile or log in to save this article A Mississippi poultry plant said Wednesday that it had no idea a 16-year-boy who was killed in an on-the-job accident was a minor. The victim, a Guatemalan immigrant named Duvan Tomas…#mississippi #guatemalan #duvantomasperez #marjacpoultry #hattiesburg #forrestcounty #lisaklem #huispache #guatemala #telemundo (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - July 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news