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Deep Dive: Guatemala’s Manufactured Indigenous Water Crisis
Inkstick Media
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July 11, 2025
A new Human Rights Watch report, “Without Water, We Are Nothing,” documented Guatemala’s severe water crisis and its disproportionate impact on Indigenous communities, particularly women and children. Despite having more freshwater per capita than...
Guatemala Earthquakes Trigger Deadly Landslides and Tragedy
Asume Tech
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July 9, 2025
Guatemala has experienced a devastating seismic event, resulting in the tragic death of two men when enormous rocks fell on their vehicle in Escuintla. This incident occurred amid a surge of seismic activity, with more than 37 earthquakes and...
From Guatemala to Gaza, genocide denial thwarts justice
The Electronic Intifada
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July 10, 2025
Ana Maria Monjardino The Electronic Intifada 10 July 2025 A poster in Guatemala City shows a Guatemalan and Palestinian woman holding hands. It reads “Stop the genocide. Solidarity with Palestine.” CPR UrbanaDistorting the historical narrative is...
Scientists press for more biological corridors
EcoAmericas
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As deforestation and other human-driven land-use changes rapidly fragment natural habitat around the world, it’s no wonder scientists are warning of a sixth mass extinction. Nor is it surprising they are calling increasingly for biological...
Scientists Unite: Asunción To Host Ibero-American Researchers’ Night 2025
The Asunción Times
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July 8, 2025
Paraguay is set to become the focal point for the sixth “Ibero-American Researchers’ Night 2025”, an event for scientific collaboration. The event will be held on September 26 and 27 2025 in Asunción, and will represent the most ambitious...
5.5-magnitude earthquake hits Guatemala: GFZ
Xinhua News Agency
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NEW YORK, July 8 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 jolted Guatemala at 21:41:34 GMT on Tuesday, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 14.48...
Map: 5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Guatemala
The New York Times
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July 8, 2025
Shake intensity Note: Map shows the area with a shake intensity of 4 or greater, which U.S.G.S. defines as “light,” though the earthquake may be felt outside the areas shown. All times on the map are Central time. The New York Times A moderately...
UNK students deliver free medical care during outreach trip to Guatemala
Central Nebraska Today
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UNK students assist at a free medical clinic during a recent outreach trip to Guatemala. (Courtesy photo) KEARNEY — San Pedro is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Guatemala. Located along Lake Atitlán, the small city is known for its...
Circulation of knowledge, technological development, and innovation in Latin America is under threat
Latinoamerica21
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July 6, 2025
In recent years, there has been much discussion around the concept of “brain circulation” or the “academic diaspora.” This term is mainly used in educational contexts to refer to the movement of students, researchers, professors, and highly...
Travel: Hiking through Guatemala's active volcanoes
Mint
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July 6, 2025
Volcanoes spell danger for some, adventure for others. But for the people of the Central American nation of Guatemala, volcanoes are a part of life. Sitting south of Mexico, Guatemala is home to mountains, thick tropical forests and 37 volcanoes,...
Guatemala: Water Law Urgently Needed
Human Rights Watch
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July 2, 2025
Play Video Read a text description of this video SOUNDBITES María Osorio Osorio We are suffering a lot because of water. Patricia Mejía Pérez Honestly, knowing that there is much water in Guatemala but that here we have no freshwater is so sad....
Northwest AD Kyle Wampler helps build houses in Guatemala
Leader Publications - Missouri
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Northwest R-1 School District’s athletic director Kyle Wampler, along with members of Faith Community Church in House Springs, recently spent eight days on a mission trip in Guatemala, building homes and sharing their faith. Wampler, 37, of House...
Guatemala bets on avocado as a strategic export crop
Fresh Plaza
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July 1, 2025
Avocado has become a strategic crop for Guatemala to strengthen its agricultural sector and open up new international markets. Growers, exporters, government agencies, and technicians are working together under the leadership of the Agexport...
Guatemala’s Shark Meat Trade Exposed
Forbes
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Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), one of the most commonly landed sharks on both coasts of ... More Guatemala. Silky sharks are listed under CITES Appendix II and are considered globally vulnerable.ullstein bild via Getty Images Every year,...
INETCO and Serfinsa Announce New Technology Alliance to Accelerate Payment Modernization Across Central America
T-Net
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INETCO and Serfinsa Announce New Technology Alliance to Accelerate Payment Modernization Across Central America Serfinsa accelerates payment modernization across Central America with INETCO Vancouver, BC, July 4, 2025--(T-Net)--INETCO, a global...
Cuban Scientist Sells Shots of Coffee to Survive Retirement
Havana Times
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July 4, 2025
Cafe Raul is the name of the business venture of doctor and researcher Raul Gonzalez Hernandez. The photo of the creator of the antianemic drug Trofin selling coffee shows the reality of Cuban retirees. / Facebook/Elizabeth Gonzalez Aznar Before,...
The Playbook for America: We Thought We Saw it All with Freedom Torches and Edward Bernays Fomenting Regime Change in Guatemala, Chile
Dissident Voice
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July 4, 2025
Speaking with Dan Kovalik about his co-authored book, Syria: Anatomy of Regime Change Another rousing talk with a true socialist, Dan Kovalik, from Pittsburgh, here, pre-airing on my Radio Show, Finding Fringe on kyaq.org. Here’s today’s (July 1)...
Morocco, Guatemala's Foreign Ministers (Fms) Hail Outstanding Bilateral Ties Marked By 'Very Positive' Dynamic
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan Expatriates, Mr. Nasser Bourita, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Guatemala, Mr. Carlos Ramiro Martínez Alvarado hailed the outstanding...
New research finds pulsing molten mantle underneath Africa
Silicon Republic
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July 3, 2025
While it was suspected that a mantle plume lies underneath the Afar region, little was known about its characteristics. New research, led by the University of Southampton, has uncovered how the molten mantle beneath the Earth’s surface makes it...
Guatemala's president ignores new asylum deal with US
United News of Bangladesh
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Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo on Friday denied claims that his country has signed an agreement with the United States to accept asylum seekers from other nations, countering remarks made by U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem....