News Guatemala Finance: Conservative Alejandro Giammattei wins Guatemala’s presidential runoff
GUATEMALA CITY — Conservative Alejandro Giammattei headed ... bar a U.N.-supported anti-corruption commission after he became a target for alleged campaign finance violations. The campaign was marked ...
News Guatemala Finance: Guatemala's state corruption and the heirs of colonial privilege
In Guatemala, these state suppliers ... A CICIG report has noted: "Many of the mechanisms used to finance politics operate outside the law and, in themselves, constitute criminal offenses." Almost ...
News Guatemala Finance: Would ‘safe third country’ agreements stem migration to the U.S.? The E.U.-Turkey deal offers some clues.
Over the past two months, the Trump administration has attempted to enact “safe third country” agreements with Mexico and Guatemala, two key countries ... nationals to enter the E.U., as well as other ...
News Guatemala Finance: Trump Tariff Threat Sparks Guatemala Dollar Bond Sell-Off
(Bloomberg) -- Guatemala’s dollar bonds slumped the most in 14 months after U.S. President Donald Trump said his administration is examining tariffs, remittance fees, and other sanctions against the country.Trump threatened the measures after he said Guatemala backed out of an agreement to become a “
News Guatemala Finance: Sprint Offers Simple and Affordable International Calling to Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala and Venezuela
OVERLAND PARK, Kan., June 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Sprint (NYSE:S) wants customers to connect simply and affordably with friends and family across the globe. Starting today, Sprint is offering two new international long-distance options that allow customers to call Colombia, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala
News Guatemala Finance: MEXICO FOREIGN MINISTER EBRARD SAYS DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TO MEXICO'S SOUTHERN BORDER WITH GUATEMALA TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY
MEXICO FOREIGN MINISTER EBRARD SAYS DEPLOYMENT OF NATIONAL GUARD TO MEXICO'S SOUTHERN BORDER WITH GUATEMALA TO BEGIN ON WEDNESDAY ...
News Guatemala Finance: Mexico to deploy forces on Guatemala border
He said forces would be stationed on Mexico's southern border with Guatemala to prevent migrants entering the ... catching members of his own party and financial markets unawares. US Customs and ...
News Guatemala Finance: Guatemalan makers pin growth on trade wars
Guatemala's textiles and apparel industry expects to grow sales by 10% to $1.8bn this year as the US's escalating trade war with China turns eyes towards Central America. Simultaneously, neighbouring Honduras and Nicaragua are also boosting its fortunes by buying more Guatemalan fabric to make America-bound apparel. related to Apparel, Fibres & fabrics, Manufacturing, Sourcing,
News Guatemala Finance: Trump defends deal on Mexico
President Donald Trump on Sunday dangled the prospect of renewing his tariff threat against Mexico if the U.S. ally doesn't cooperate on border issues, while some of his Democratic challengers for the White House said the deal to avert trade penalties was overblown.
News Guatemala Finance: Migrants detained in Mexico are sent BACK to Guatemala as officials fight to block Trump tariffs
US-bound migrants detained in Mexico are being transported back to Guatemala as Mexican officials continue efforts ... and rise to as much as 25 per cent later this year. The Mexican Finance Ministry ...
News Guatemala Finance: Mexico sends 6,000 National Guardsmen to control migrants at Guatemalan border
Security forces at the border have already detained a migrant caravan of several hundred people and deported them to Guatemala, and frozen bank accounts of alleged smugglers. Mexico’s Finance Ministry ...
News Guatemala Finance: Doctor and son join mission to provide care in Guatemala
In late April, Zack Hall and his oldest son, Zack III, traveled to Guatemala on a mission to provide medical care and supplies at a maternal clinic in the country. The group was organized and led by ...
News Guatemala Finance: Limpiemos Nuestra Guatemala is Recognized for Its Contribution to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Limpiemos Nuestra Guatemala is the largest environmental clean-up movement in the country, and brings together companies, government, civil society and citizen volunteers to work as a team to clean ...
News Guatemala Finance: Homeland chief cuts deal to stop historic flow of illegal immigrants from Guatemala
Guatemala, which has lost over 1% of its population to the United States via illegal immigration since just September, has signed a deal with President Trump’s Homeland Security chief to stop the surge.
News Guatemala Finance: DHS, Guatemala bust major illegal immigrant smuggling cartel
Homeland Security agents and Guatemalan authorities busted a significant smuggling organization Wednesday, arresting nine people who were involved in transporting thousands of illegal immigrants from across the globe through Latin America and into the U.S.
News Guatemala Finance: How 3D printing is making prosthetics cheap and accessible, even in remote places
“A ‘portable’ scanner that took up your whole suitcase would be about $50,000,” says Brent Wright, a U.S.-based prosthetist and orthotist who travels to Guatemala twice a year to work at the hospital. ...
News Guatemala Finance: Strengthening Guatemala’s Capacities to Manage Risk and Cope with the Impact of Catastrophic Events
“Guatemala is among the countries most affected by catastrophic events, which present significant financial shocks and can negatively affect poverty reduction efforts. A modern framework for ...
News Guatemala Finance: Heidi Marisol López wins a 2019 Amy J. Blue Award
For Heidi Marisol López, finance assistant and graduate fellowships ... López, who immigrated to California from Guatemala when she was 11 and first in her family to graduate from a four-year ...
