International Business News - Guatemala 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 Genpact Ltd., a business services outsourcer, on Monday said it purchased a delivery center in Guatemala City from GE Money, marking its first acquisition in Guatemala. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080818/genpact-ltd-acquires-delivery-center-in-guatemala.htm Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:24:33 EDT A Guatemalan prosecutor says two brothers have been detained in the murder of an American tourist last weekend. Prosecutor Eliseo Quinonez tells The Associated Press that investigators are comparing material from two men arrested Thursday to fingerprints and other evidence found at the scene of the crime. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/2-arrested-in-guatemala-murder-of-us-tourist.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:51:08 EDT Nancy Dryden had hoped to use her experience as a physical therapist to help Guatemala's children. But after four machete-wielding men killed her 66-year-old husband, Daniel, and stabbed her, puncturing her lung, Dryden said Tuesday that all she wants to do is leave the Central American country. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080812/us-tourist-wants-to-leave-guatemala-after-attack.htm Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:07:06 EDT Robbers armed with machetes hacked a U.S. tourist to death and seriously wounded his wife in an attack aboard the couple's sailboat in northeastern Guatemala, the woman told The Associated Press on Sunday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080810/us-tourist-hacked-to-death-in-guatemala.htm Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:14:01 EDT For 14 months, Ana Escobar studied the tiny fingers of every passing baby, searching for a girl with pinkies that curved gracefully outward, just like those of her missing daughter. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080731/us-couple-almost-adopted-stolen-guatemalan-baby.htm Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:13:48 EDT DNA tests for the first time have confirmed that a baby was stolen from her mother and adopted for profit in Guatemala. The baby, Esther Zulamita, was taken by armed men in 2007 at her family's shoe shop. Her mother, Ana Escobar, has spent the past year searching for the child. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080723/dna-tests-find-stolen-baby-in-guatemala.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:04:45 EDT Guatemala's 36-year civil war cost some 200,000 lives, mostly of Mayan Indians caught between government forces and rebels. Twelve years after peace was signed, forensic anthropologists are still hunting for the missing. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080703/slow-painful-task-identifying-guatemalan-dead.htm Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:26:38 EDT A helicopter crash killed Guatemala's interior minister and three other people on Friday. The helicopter went down in a wooded area in northern Guatemala, presidential spokesman Ronaldo Robles told The Associated Press. All on board were killed: Interior Minister Vinicio Gomez, Vice Interior Minister Edgar Hernandez, the pilot and one other passenger. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/81493-guatemala-minister.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/guatemala-official-dies-in-chopper-crash.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080627/guatemala-official-dies-in-chopper-crash.htm Fri, 27 Jun 2008 22:53:55 EDT The review of 2,286 pending adoptions in Guatemala will take at least another month because many birth mothers have not been located, an official said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080620/guatemala-extends-review-of-2-286-adoptions.htm Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:50:49 EDT The review of 2,286 pending adoptions in Guatemala will take at least another month because many birth mothers have not been located, an official said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080619/guatemala-extends-adoption-reviews.htm Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:26:10 EDT The 24-year-old Guatemalan mother had already given up her baby once. Now, months later, the baby girl was back in her lap, smiling and playing with her mother's fingers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/73661-guatemala-adoption-limbo.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/ap-impact-guatemalan-moms-face-agonizing-decision.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080617/ap-impact-guatemalan-moms-face-agonizing-decision.htm Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:52:04 EDT Five former paramilitary members have been sentenced to 780 years each in prison for massacring 26 people during one of the more horrifying incidents in Guatemala's long civil war, a court official said Thursday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080529/guatemala-paramilitaries-sentenced.htm Thu, 29 May 2008 17:36:32 EDT Guatemala's attorney general said Wednesday he has annulled 15 pending adoptions to U.S. couples after finding evidence of fraud or other irregularities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080521/guatemala-annuls-15-adoption-cases.htm Wed, 21 May 2008 20:53:21 EDT The sister of a Guatemalan congressman was charged Wednesday with running an illegal adoption ring after police found nine children in her home. Police raided Rosalina Rivera's house Tuesday in search of a kidnapped 4-year-old boy, Attorney General Baudilio Portillo said. Officers did not find the boy, but stumbled upon nine children between seven and 12 months of age instead. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/guatemalan-held-in-illegal-adoption-case.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 22:31:44 EDT Authorities say a Guatemalan congressman's sister has been charged with human trafficking after police found nine children in her home awaiting illegal adoption. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080507/sister-of-guatemalan-lawmaker-arrested-in-adoptions-case.htm Wed, 07 May 2008 14:13:20 EDT Guatemala's attorney general on Monday said 2,286 pending foreign adoptions have been placed on hold for at least a month while officials review related paperwork. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080506/guatemala-puts-adoptions-on-hold.htm Tue, 06 May 2008 09:14:50 EDT Guatemala's attorney general on Monday said 2,286 pending foreign adoptions have been placed on hold for at least a month while officials review related paperwork. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/guatemala-suspends-adoptions-for-a-month.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 21:52:45 EDT A Guatemalan official says that 2,286 pending adoptions will be suspended for at least a month while officials review related paperwork. Attorney General Baudilio Portillo says Monday's decision was made after lawmakers asked his office to review adoptions on a case-by-case basis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/guatemala-to-suspend-adoptions-for-month.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 19:01:28 EDT Guatemalan prosecutors said Wednesday that they will conduct a legal review of all of the country's pending adoptions, after an initial probe turned up irregularities. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/guatemala-to-review-pending-adoptions.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 00:03:55 EDT An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 has hit in southwestern Guatemala. Authorities say there are no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. The U.S. Geological Survey reports th... http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080415/6-1-earthquake-shakes-guatemala.htm Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:35:44 EDT