<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Guatemala</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><description>Guatemala</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Md. Cracks Down on Illegal Money-Transfer Companies]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16469-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16469-2005Apr26.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ About half of the 120 Maryland-based money transmitters used by immigrants to carry money abroad are operating without licenses and without the insurance that the state mandates, according to regulators who are cracking down on those operations.]]></description><author> Krissah Williams</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Protests From Guatemala's Pulpit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47874-2005Apr12.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid 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Goff</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64968-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64968-2005Feb4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Guatemala Court Pulls Plug On Historic War Crimes Trial <br>    GUATEMALA CITY --  Guatemala's highest court has decided against proceeding with a landmark war crimes trial against soldiers accused of the mass killing of hundreds of civilians in a jungle village in 1982, court officials said Friday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19449-2005Jan18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid 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confinement.]]></description><author> Mary Jordan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53767-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53767-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[    Sharon Wins Key Vote, Boosting Pullout Hopes <br>Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon easily won a crucial party vote to reinforce his shaky government and safeguard his plan to pull troops out of Gaza, party officials announced Thursday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Harsh Price to Pay for a Dream]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38095-2004Dec5.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38095-2004Dec5.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Coerced into sex by smugglers, border officials, street gang members and others who control the underground route to the United States, many female migrants are paying an especially harsh price for a chance to land a job in the north, according to government and church officials.]]></description><author> Mary Jordan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23911-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23911-2004Nov3.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Threats Lead to Closing Of Schools in Thailand <br>   BANGKOK --  Violence in Thailand's Muslim-dominated south forced hundreds of schools to close Wednesday, while two lawmakers scuffled in parliament over the government's handling of a riot in the region last week in which 85 people were killed.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Quality Coffee Revives Guatemala's Economy]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38740-2004Oct16.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38740-2004Oct16.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Growing demand for top-quality coffee has helped boost the industry in Central America.]]></description><author> Mary Jordan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[For Immigrants, a Costly Final Trip]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18442-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A18442-2004Oct8.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Baudilio Ramos Osorio came to the United States four years ago so his wife and five children left behind in Guatemala could have an income to live on, even if it was only $100 a month.]]></description><author> Sarah Park</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pit Stop on the Cocaine Highway]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9499-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9499-2004Oct5.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Traffickers prefer Guatemala, where the radar is spotty and the government is largely unable to stop the flights carrying U.S. bound drugs.]]></description><author> Mary Jordan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Obituaries]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41196-2004Aug4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41196-2004Aug4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Farouk Hamdy    Veterinary Scientist  <br>Farouk Hamdy, 67, a veterinary research scientist and Foreign Service administrator, died of a brain tumor Aug. 2 at his home in Silver Spring.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[U.S. Volunteers Hijacked, Robbed In Guatemala]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60192-2004Jul18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60192-2004Jul18.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  SANTA ROSA, Calif., July 18 -- Volunteers from the United States, most of them teenagers, were robbed by armed men while traveling for a service project in Guatemala and released unharmed, group leaders said Saturday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Convicted Child Molester Surrenders in Guatemala]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24526-2004Jul2.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24526-2004Jul2.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A convicted child molester was apprehended in Guatemala Friday and brought back to Arlington County, where he will be tried on charges of molesting a boy over several years, law enforcement officials said.]]></description><author> Elaine Rivera</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maya Artifacts Found in Guatemala]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2151-2004May4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2151-2004May4.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Archaeologists working in a remote stretch of Guatemala's northeastern Peten wilderness said on Tuesday they have unearthed evidence that the ancient Maya may have developed sophisticated rituals and institutions hundreds of years earlier than previously thought.]]></description><author> Guy Gugliotta</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[WORLD IN BRIEF]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56414-2004Feb19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56414-2004Feb19.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Portillo Flees Guatemala Ahead of Police Order <br>    GUATEMALA CITY --  Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo, facing corruption allegations, left the country as police were preparing to block him from fleeing, the government said Thursday.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Political Rebound in Guatemala]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39723-2003Dec29.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39723-2003Dec29.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A pro-business former mayor of Guatemala City parlayed his urban popularity to an easy victory in a presidential runoff, results showed Monday, four years after he left politics and swore he would never come back.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Mayor Victor in Guatemalan Presidential Election]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38072-2003Dec29.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A38072-2003Dec29.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Oscar Berger, a conservative former mayor of Guatemala City, was declared the winner Monday in Guatemala's presidential runoff election.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Poll: Ex-Mayor Poised to Win Guatemalan Vote]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36838-2003Dec28.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36838-2003Dec28.html?nav=rss_world/americas/centralamerica/guatemala</guid><pubDate>Thu, 5 May 2005 4:02:35 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Polls showed a conservative former mayor of Guatemala City poised to win Guatemalan presidential runoff elections Sunday, which analysts said could help usher in a time of healing after years of corrupt and inefficient government and improve relations with the United States.]]></description><author> Kevin Sullivan</author></item></channel></rss>