International Business News - GTM http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A prison fight in Guatemala has left seven inmates dead, including five who were decapitated. National prisons systems spokesman Rudy Esquivel says authorities found the five heads after the fight in the Pavoncito prison in Guatemala City. He says two other inmates died in a hospital of gunshot wounds. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/5-prisoners-beheaded-in-guatemala-prison-fight.htm Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:46:16 EST Jennifer and Todd Hemsley had to give up their child to save her. Like thousands of other would-be parents, the California couple made a $15,500 down payment to a U.S. agency that guaranteed quick, hassle-free adoptions of Guatemalan babies. And like the others, they were caught in a bureaucratic limbo after Guatemala began cracking down on systemic fraud last year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/180337-guatemala-adoptions-dilemma.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/to-save-adopted-girl-calif-couple-gives-her-up.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/to-save-adopted-girl-calif-couple-gives-her-up.htm Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:48:07 EST Jennifer and Todd Hemsley had to give up their child to save her. Like thousands of other would-be parents, the California couple made a $15,500 down payment to a U.S. agency that guaranteed quick, hassle-free adoptions of Guatemalan babies. And like the others, they were caught in a bureaucratic limbo after Guatemala began cracking down on systemic fraud last year. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/180309-guatemala-adoptions-dilemma.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/to-save-adopted-girl-calif-couple-gives-her-up.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081122/to-save-adopted-girl-calif-couple-gives-her-up.htm Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:29:45 EST Three adults and a 1-year-old baby have died in what Guatemalan police believe may have been a violent family dispute over an inheritance. National police spokesman Donald Gonzalez quotes neighbors as saying one of the victims was overheard arguing with her half-sister over a disputed plot of land. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081121/guatemalan-inheritance-dispute-leaves-4-dead.htm Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:01:27 EST Ninety-one trade unionists were murdered for defending workers' rights last year, with Colombia and Guinea the worst offenders, according to a report released Thursday by the International Trade Union Confederation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/report-91-trade-unionists-killed-in-2007.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:25:09 EST A Costa Rican official says two Americans and four others have been arrested for allegedly sending restricted pharmaceutical drugs to the United States. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/costa-rica-arrests-6-for-medicine-shipments-to-us.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:27:16 EST Money showers the stage like confetti in "Road Show," the exhilarating Stephen Sondheim-John Weidman musical that finally has surfaced in New York after a long, arduous journey that included several different titles, directors and casts. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/177820-theater-review-road-show.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/2-brothers-forever-seek-success-in-road-show.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081119/2-brothers-forever-seek-success-in-road-show.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:25:47 EST The former owners of a New Bedford leather goods factory raided last year by immigration agents will pay $850,000 to workers--including illegal immigrants--to settle a lawsuit claiming the company violated wage laws, attorneys said Tuesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081118/mass-factory-raided-last-year-settles-worker-suit.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:58:50 EST The number of foreign children adopted by Americans fell 12 percent in the past year, reaching the lowest level since 1999 as some countries clamped down on the process and others battled with allegations of adoption fraud. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176859-foreign-adoptions-1.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/foreign-adoptions-by-americans-drop-sharply.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/foreign-adoptions-by-americans-drop-sharply.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:54:51 EST Preparations for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi face no risk from the global financial crisis or the recent series of explosions in the Russian resort city, the games' chief organizer said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081113/sochi-organizer-says-2014-games-financially-secure.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 10:23:37 EST Fifteen charred bodies found in a burned-out bus in eastern Guatemala were shot before being set on fire, prosecutors said Monday. Police spokesman Donald Gonzalez said the killings may have been drug related. He said parts of the vehicle, which originated in Nicaragua, had been violently torn away, as if someone was looking for secret compartments. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/172683-guatemala-bus-fire.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/victims-of-guatemalan-bus-fire-were-shot-first.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081110/victims-of-guatemalan-bus-fire-were-shot-first.htm Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:36:09 EST The president of a New Bedford leather-goods factory that was raided last year by immigration agents has pleaded guilty to harboring and concealing illegal immigrants. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081104/mass-factory-owner-guilty-in-immigration-case.htm Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:26:42 EST The president of a New Bedford leather-goods factory that was raided last year by immigration agents has pleaded guilty to harboring and concealing illegal immigrants. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/plant-owner-reaches-plea-deal-in-immigration-case.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:12:06 EST U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday the leaders of Congo and Rwanda have agreed to meet him very soon to help resolve the rebel-sparked conflict in eastern Congo along the Rwandan border. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/166336-congo-fighting.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/un-to-meet-congo-rwanda-leaders-on-congo-crisis.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081103/un-to-meet-congo-rwanda-leaders-on-congo-crisis.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:30:46 EST Latin American leaders opening the IberoAmerican Summit denounced unchecked capitalism and excessive deregulation for causing the world financial meltdown that is now reverberating in their own economies. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/164371-el-salvador-iberoamerican-summit.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/latin-american-heads-seek-more-financial-controls.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081031/latin-american-heads-seek-more-financial-controls.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:18:03 EDT The suspected driver of a van carrying illegal immigrants--some of whom drowned after jumping into an irrigation canal--is being charged in federal court. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081028/alleged-driver-in-fatal-migrant-smuggling-charged.htm Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:52:07 EDT Police say a Guatemala City man died after being struck in the heart with an arrow fired by assailants waiting for him outside his home. National Police Officer Luis Luna says layout designer Abel Giron was attacked as he left his home to go to work at El Periodico newspaper Wednesday. The assailants fled and are still at large. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081022/guatemala-city-man-shot-in-heart-with-fatal-arrow.htm Wed, 22 Oct 2008 23:16:25 EDT Starbucks Corp., hoping Thanksgiving feasters reach for their coffee mugs as often as the gravy boat, is launching a new coffee blend for the season. The gourmet coffee chain said Tuesday it will begin selling its new Thanksgiving Blend coffee on Nov. 4 at all U.S. stores that sell whole-bean coffee. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081021/starbucks-to-launch-thanksgiving-blend-coffee.htm Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:47:31 EDT Swiss agribusiness conglomerate Syngenta AG said Monday it agreed to buy flower seed producer Goldsmith Seeds Inc. for $74 million. Syngenta said it would keep the Goldsmith brand and would increase its position in the global flower industry. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081020/syngenta-acquires-goldsmith-seeds-for-74-million.htm Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:33:52 EDT A strong 6.5-magnitude earthquake rocked the southern Mexican state of Chiapas on Thursday, shaking homes and prompting people to flee into the streets. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081016/strong-earthquake-hits-southern-mexico.htm Thu, 16 Oct 2008 17:37:14 EDT