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The Ties That Bind

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Our family and friends have had so many things happen lately. Some awesome, some bizarre -- these are two adjectives I think accurately describe us!My brother, Danny, has met a fabulous woman. We met her for the first time last weekend and she is just weird and quirky enough to...

WE are The TRUTH

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Adoption Update=Listening to Him

I just read my last blog post and I realized how much has changed in my plans, in my heart, in my life, since I posted it. I thought I was very prepared for this adoption. I knew that things would be difficult, but since I have already experienced...

I'm Pregnant

MADE you LOOK! I'm not really pregnant, but I am PAPER PREGNANT! Screw my worthless ex-husband and his lack of ability to keep a family together. I can do this by myself! (Um, and with the help of My Jesus, my mommy, my friends and family!) Big talk, I know....

Latin Family Connection - Three King's Day Celebration

Central Kentucky has a terrific Latin Family Connection group that Ella and I are blessed to be part of. We went to KaZoing! this past weekend to celebrate Three King's Day which is a Latin American tradition.The Hispanic Tradition of celebrating the Three King’s Day or El Dia De Los...

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Woman scams Canadians by faking cancer

A 23-year-old Canadian woman, who faked having cancer and then created a bogus charity to raise thousands of dollars only to blow the money away, says she did it all to settle scores with her parents for her miserable childhood....

Uproar in Lok Sabha over Mamata's rally in Lalgarh

There was an uproar in Lok Sabha Monday over Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's 'apolitical' rally in West Bengal's Maoist stronghold of Lalgarh. Pro-Maoist tribal groups are expected to attend the rally....

Reach out to Kashmiris, political parties united in message

Worried at the continuing civilian strife in Kashmir for the past two months, parties across the political spectrum have urged the government to reach out to the people of the state, suggesting various measures ranging from sending an all-party delegation, revoking the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act and granting...

$1 bn loan from India suicidal, says Khaleda Zia

Bangladesh's opposition leader Khaleda Zia has termed as 'suicidal' the $1 billion deal the government signed with India's Exim Bank last Saturday....

Four South Asian nations to allow mutual transit

An exchange of letters by this year-end among four South Asian nations - India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan - will formalise arrangements that will allow transit into each others' territories....

Farmer commits suicide after rain devastates crops

A 50-year-old farmer committed suicide in Chhattisgarh after incessant heavy rains devastated his standing paddy crop, an official said Monday....

Princesa Guatemalteca

Happy 4th birthday dear Abby! The end of my blog!

Miss Abby had her 4Th birthday on May 17...We had a cute little party at Gymboree Gym w/ 6 of her closest pals! She had her last day of 3 yr pre-school last Friday! She had a GREAT school year and is a changed girl! ...

Yearly pics!

We are on the mend and enjoying these nice temps here in Ohio!! LOVE it!I got Abby's yearly pics taken yesterday and thought I'd share w/ you! (i have more posted on Facebook..if you'd like to be my friend send me a email at wadi2u@yahoo.com) It was hard to pic...

sick sick sick!!

We are all sick here...My 16 yr old brought a NASTY cold and cough home and we have each got it but one person..lucky Brad! lol BE BACK soon i hope ... ...

Wonderful Wednesday..

Here's some pics of our trip to SC...Sorry i haven't posted in awhile im soo behind..3 of my kids are sick..BLAH I HATE SICK! We met up w/ my Adoptive mom Friend Katie and her twins Bray and Ana who live 10 miles from my In-laws...We have...

Home home on the range!!

Its nice to be home...SC was great and we went to put a smile on Grannys Face and i think we did!! Dont you?Pray for my MIL Joyce she starts her new Clinical trial drug soon...Cancer sucks!!! ...

Someone got a new doooooo and SC here we come!

Miss Abby and i are off to SC March 10-16 to visit my In-laws ...Abby's Granny has Cancer (STUPID CANCER) and we are going to go brighten her week...HOW CAN THIS FACE NOT BRIGHTEN A WEEK??? seriously! LOL Do you love the hair cut? I DO! I DO!Looks even cuter...

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Rain threatens more damage in storm-battered Guatemala

Emergency authorities said Wednesday they are on watch for sinkholes and other possible problems in Guatemala, where heavy rain has already caused two rivers to overflow and a tropical storm led to the deaths of more than 150 people in May....

Third headless body found in Guatemala, officials say

Authorities found a headless body in Guatemala on Friday, one day after the discovery of four severed heads and two decapitated corpses in different parts of the nation's capital, officials said....

Guatemala court removes attorney general amid corruption allegations

Guatemala's Constitutional Court removed the country's new attorney general Thursday night -- just days after the president appointed him to the post....

Bodies and severed heads found in Guatemala, police say

Three human heads and three decapitated bodies with notes aimed at high government officials were found Thursday in different parts of Guatemala's capital, national police said....

More than 175 dead from weekend storm in Central America

The death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha continued to grow Tuesday, with 152 reported killed in Guatemala, 16 in Honduras and nine in El Salvador....

Tropical storm leaves at least 115 dead in Central America

At least 115 people have died after a tropical storm battered Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador over the weekend, officials in those countries reported....

Expat Mom

No Happy Customers

I was SO excited to finally have internet that worked. I didn’t give up my 2 am work hours, though, and now I’m glad for that because I won’t have to readjust to that weird schedule. We were bopping along, I was working all day and very happy. Then today I...

Drool!

I’m trying to lose weight so I look semi-decent when I head up to Canada in a couple of months, but these came up on the menu at a restaurant I visited with friends the other day and I couldn’t help but try reproducing them at home . ....

My Little Construction Worker

I had to get some shots of Dante the other day. He just got some new tools from his grandparents (my parents) and was outside fixing the bathroom wall. I managed to get him to stop for a minute and grab these shots. Oh, and the hammer he’s using in these...

The Book of Eli

Yesterday, I was reading a favorite blog of mine (don’t click that link if you’re opposed to zombies) and there was a short review of the Book of Eli, which we had borrowed from Irving’s family but still hadn’t watched. Dorian came in right then, saw the poster and decided...

This is Not a Nudist Colony

At 3, my youngest son is a nudist. I should have seen this coming, having been one myself at that age, but since Dorian was deathly afraid of even wearing shorts and refused to strip even to bathe for many years, I thought the gene had safely been buried. Today, I...

Internet. Again.

I know, I know, you’ve heard enough about internet by now, but this time it’s GOOD news. See, we finally have internet that actually works. That means that technically I don’t have to get up at 2 am anymore, but . . . I kind of got used to it...

Global Voices in English

South Korea: Iran Envoy Said South Korea To Avoid Sanctions on North

By Lee Yoo Eun Iranian Ambassador warned South Korea of substantial economic loss if it follows US led sanction on North Korea in an exclusive interview with South Korea’s Joongang Ilbo, few days later the top sanctioning envoys from the US made visits to Seoul....

North Korea: North reopened A hotel at Mt. Kumgang Resort Without Approval

By Lee Yoo Eun North Korea reopened a hotel at Mt. Kumgang resort which is on long lease to South Korean Hyundai Asan without getting the South’s approval, South Korea’s Chosun reported, quoting Chosun Shinbo, a North Korean mouthpiece published in Japan....

China: Zhouqu landslide, a man made disaster

By Oiwan Lam On August 8, a landslide happened in Zhouqu in Gansu province. According to official Xinhua news, the disaster has so far taken away 127 people's lives and 1,294 people reported missing. Since there is very limited information from official media outlets, Woeser's coordinated a collaborative investigation via......

Japan: An ancient Roman at the Japanese public bath

What could two cultures as distant in time and space as ancient Rome and the modern Japan have in commom? Such a question might sound like a riddle to many but is actually what inspired manga author Mari Yamazaki to create Thermae Romae , a manga said to inaugurate a new...

Iran: Political prisoners on hunger strike

Seventeen political prisoners began a hunger strike at the end of July to protest deteriorating conditions at Tehran's notorious Evin Prison. Iran has arrested hundreds of journalists, human rights activists, and politicians after the protest movement emerged against the results of the June 12 presidential election in 2009....

Iran: A blogger among hunger strikers

By Hamid Tehrani Kouhyar Goodarzi, human rights activist and blogger, is one of 17 Iranian political prisoners who started their hunger strike at the end of July to protest against the poor prison conditions, the behaviour of prison officials, and the ban on visits....

Guatemala Solidarity Network blogs

Selecting a new Attorney General

We received a message from laguatemalgringa notifying us of guatemalavisible – which styles itself as a collaborative effort to bring together the will, energy and enthusiasm of diverse civil society groups seeking to strengthen the Guatemalan justice system. We noted previously the resignation of Carlos Castresana from CICIG and the...

A public-private stitch-up

I came across this interesting piece by Jorge Murga Armas on the always useful albedrío website (I especially acknowledge the power of its ‘mouse-over’ image). Las Tramas de las ‘alianzas público-privadas’ could be translated as The Intrigues of ‘public-private alliances’ though can also give us A public-private stitch-up. The writer...

Disaster relief for victims of Agatha

It cannot have escaped your attention that Guatemala has been afflicted by natural disasters recently, reflecting its position in both a tectonically active and hurricane prone region. It is rare that Central America features in the news on Radio 4, but it was mentioned in relation to Tropical Storm Agatha,...

Support CICIG

You will have already read on this website about the unfortunate resignation of the head of the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala, known as CICIG. One of the matters which provoked Carlos Castresana to finally throw in the towel was the election of the Attorney General, when CICIG and...

Head of CICIG resigns

News this last week from Guatemala centred on the resignation of Carlos Castresana, head of CICIG, the UN International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala. It seems to me that CICIG had been important in providing some measure of hope for the victims of impunity – victims, mostly interestingly, of the...

Sign a petition - support important cases in Guatemala

We recently posted an item about Jennifer Harbury, in which in a recording of a talk she gave, she updates us on the status of the case of her husband. She has been pursuing the truth in the case of Efrain Bamaca for eighteen years now. In her talk she...

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Longest tennis match suspended after 10 hours

Nicolas Mahut and John Isner left the court for a second straight night Wednesday as the longest match in tennis refused to die with the pair locked up 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (9-7), 6-7 (3-7), 59-59 in the first round at Wimbledon....

Germany set up England clash, Ghana salvage African pride

Three-time world champions Germany advanced to the last 16 of the World Cup Wednesday by defeating Ghana 1-0 to set up a clash with old rivals England....

Germany, Ghana through after German victory

Three-time world champions Germany advanced to the Round of 16 by surviving a strong Ghana side 1-0 to win Group D and join the Africans in the knockout stage....

Australia beat Serbia but both go out of World Cup

Australia beat Serbia 2-1 in Group D Wednesday at the Mbombela stadium in Nelspruit but both teams go home as Germany and Ghana progress....

Dakota Fanning traumatised by soccer

Actress Dakota Fanning who plays Volturi vampire in the 'Twilight' series says she was traumatised after scoring a wrong goal in a soccer match....

5.5-magnitude quake hits Canada

An earthquake of magnitude 5.5 on the Richter scale struck the Ontario-Quebec border region in Canada Wednesday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said....

Project Somos Children's Village

Thanks to Ethical Bean and to our Facebook Fans!

It all began in Guatemala. In 1999 Lloyd and Kim of Ethical Bean spent four months in Guatemala while adopting their daughter, Mia. During their time in Guatemala, the couple visited various communities learning about coffee and the plight of people living in poverty. Upon their return to Canada, they...

Festivities & Traditions

Sometimes in the midst of the endless administrative tasks it takes to get a project off the ground, we find ourselves letting our minds drift into the future to dream about the days and years to come with the children...Last week while discussing the guidelines for volunteers, we started to...

Fundraising from the Heart

[photo-Dad @ Upaya in Santa Fe]A few weeks ago my Dad and I attended the conference “Fundraising from the Heart” with Lynne Twist. The conference was held at the Upaya Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A first for both of us, Santa Fe was a lovely treat and the...

There Is No Me Without You

A child cannot live without a mother or father. A mother or father cannot live without the child. I am in the middle of this moving book by Melissa Fay Greene. It tells the story of Haregewoin Teferra, who on the verge of giving up on life after losing her...

Guatemalan Driving School

Another full day of surprises and challenges or rather surprising challenges. Before leaving the project at Malacatan, I was asked to translate a conversation between the American volunteers, Janet and Dennis, the board members of the Guatemalan association which will actually run and own the project and the project...

Oh the Heat!

I know I cannot expect any sympathy from my northern brothers and sisters when I tell them how sweaty I am from the heat and humidity here. The goods news, as I am told by Arturo, an 81 year old resident of Malacatan, is that it is much hotter...