Feb 15
February 10, 2012 (WPVI) — Valentine’s Day is less than a week away, but don’t panic. Although consumers are expected to spend about $126 each on Valentine’s gifts this year, you can stretch your money and still impress your sweetie. So says Regina Novickis of online shopping site PromotionalCodes.com. She says, “The great thing is …
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Feb 02
A Semana Santa procession begins inside the Santuario del Apóstol San Felipe as the faithful carry a huge float (called an anda) over an elaborate temporary carpet (called an alfombra). Antigua, Guatemala is best known as the town that hosts one of the world’s biggest and most colorful religious festivals. Holy week, or Semana Santa …
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Jan 30
You hear an awful lot about stay-cations these days. and that’s a shame; because there are any number of ways to take a vacation without it costing you an arm and a leg. one way to spend less money on a vacation is to go where American money spends better. Living in luxury Since your …
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Jan 20
by Mike McDonald This is a preview article from the Winter 2012 issue of Americas Quarterly to be released on January 26, 2012. Guatemala and Nicaragua, two Central American nations grappling with uncertain futures, chose starkly different paths in the November 2011 elections. Their presidents, both inaugurated in mid-January, will face challenges—some of their own doing—in …
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Jan 15
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Hyatt Hotels & Resorts has changed course and donated $25,000 to a planned memorial for the victims of a 1981 skywalk collapse at the former Hyatt Regency Crown Center in Kansas City. Officials with the Skywalk Memorial Foundation confirmed the Hyatt donation in a statement Thursday. Hyatt had said previously it …
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Jan 03
PANAJACHEL – LAKE ATITLANLake Atitlan is one of the most visited its shores has been populated by Hispanic people with Maya living today, the tour includes transport by minibus, boat ride, guide, visit three villages in each of the towns, you have the opportunity to interact with the weavers, artisans of the lake and know …
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Dec 05
Sometimes we meet people online and we are just shocked that we can meet such people. in my particular case, I was shocked when I met Nic Wirtz because I couldn’t believe what a curmudgeon he was however, I am now shocked that I have the privilege of helping Nic with an absolutely amazing project …
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Nov 16
Perez accused Baldizon in a news conference Sunday of offering gifts, including zinc sheeting, in exchange for votes, while Baldizon urged voters not to elect someone with “blood on his hands” for Perez’s involvement the military during the country’s 36-year civil war. Current President Alvaro Colom, who can’t run for re-election, urged both sides to …
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Nov 09
A country that leaves travelers spell bound, Guatemala has beautiful vistas to welcome one and all. Almost half of the population here is of Mayan descent, and many of them still wear indigenous clothes. Some of the attractions here are culture, towering volcanoes, forested mountains, and Mayan ruins. the beaches here might not be as …
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Nov 08
by Tony Ryals | 10.31.2011 Zionism,UN,Guatemala,Israel,Ambassador Gert Rosenthal,Maya,Palestinian Holocausts,Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera By Tony Ryals, submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/31/2011 – 5:45pm this,(Guatemala’s new Gert Rosenthal controlled vote in the U.N. Security Council),is not a vote for Guatemala or the people of Guatemala and even less for indigenous Mayan people of Guatemala.this is a vote for Israel using the name of Guatemala …
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