http://www.mail.com/locations/23962-guatemala.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/locations/23962-guatemala.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099240-guatemala-top-court-overturns-genocide-conviction.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's top court has thrown another curve into the genocide case of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt, overturning his conviction and ordering that the trial be taken back to the middle of the proceedings. The ruling late Monday threw into disarray a process that had been hailed as historic for delivering the first guilty verdic... Tue, 21 May 2013 06:06:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2099240-guatemala-top-court-overturns-genocide-conviction.html 2013-05-21T06:06:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079608-prison-ex-dictator-soothes-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt spent his first full day as a convict Saturday in a 16-by-13 foot cell with a small bed, bathroom and window, after receiving a landmark 80-year sentence for genocide and crime against humanity. It was a steep fall for the now-86-year-old former strongman who ruled Guatemala from March 198... Sun, 12 May 2013 03:08:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2079608-prison-ex-dictator-soothes-guatemala.html 2013-05-12T03:08:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2077970-ex-dictator-convicted-genocide-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former dictator Efrain Rios Montt's conviction of genocide is a historic moment in a country still healing from a brutal, three-decade civil war and his trial offered Guatemala's oppressed indigenous communities their first chance to be heard, human rights activists said. Relatives of those killed and activists celebrated the 80-year... Sat, 11 May 2013 05:52:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2077970-ex-dictator-convicted-genocide-guatemala.html 2013-05-11T05:52:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2077968-developments-guatemala-trial-rios-montt.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — In 1999: Guatemalan non-governmental organization Association for Justice and Reconciliation files a complaint against army officials, including former Gen. Efrain Rios Montt, saying they're responsible for killings of thousands of Ixil Mayans during country's 36-year civil war. Victims try for years without success to get courts to act against military... Sat, 11 May 2013 02:26:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2077968-developments-guatemala-trial-rios-montt.html 2013-05-11T02:26:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Efrain Rios Montt ruled as Guatemala's dictator, served as president of Congress, preached as an evangelical pastor and now, at 86, has become the first Latin American strongman to stand trial and be convicted on genocide charges in his own country. A three-member tribunal also found Rios Montt guilty of crimes against humanity and s... Fri, 10 May 2013 23:37:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2078064-rios-montt-army-to-dictatorship-to-courtroom.html 2013-05-10T23:37:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074980-ex-dictator-denies-ordered-guatemala-genocide.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt denied on Thursday that he ordered the extermination of Ixil Mayas as he testified for the first time at his genocide trial. The 86-year-old ex-general, who ruled Guatemala from March 1982 to August 1983 during the height of its civil war, said prosecutors hadn't proved his participation i... Fri, 10 May 2013 02:30:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074980-ex-dictator-denies-ordered-guatemala-genocide.html 2013-05-10T02:30:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2061390-central-america-struggles-to-unite-obama-trip.html SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday addressed a Central American region that continues to be plagued by violence, drug trafficking, corruption and poverty, despite the success of a seven-year trade agreement with the United States. Central America's problems have directly impacted the U.S., as thousands from the region migrate nor... Sat, 04 May 2013 01:08:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/2061390-central-america-struggles-to-unite-obama-trip.html 2013-05-04T01:08:02Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2058576-guatemala-cracks-anti-mine-protests.html XALAPAN, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemala's government declared a state of emergency and banned public gatherings in four townships east of the capital Thursday following several days of violent clashes between police and anti-mining protesters. The confrontations, which began over the weekend, have left one policeman dead, six residents wounded by rubber bulle... Fri, 03 May 2013 01:57:37 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2058576-guatemala-cracks-anti-mine-protests.html 2013-05-03T01:57:37Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2040810-top-court-sends-rios-montt-trial-to-judge.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's highest court on Tuesday ordered that the genocide trial against one of the Central American country's former dictators be taken over by a judge who wants the proceedings to go back to square one. A spokesman for the Constitutional Court, Martin Guzman, said the case of Efrain Rios Montt now goes back to Judge Carol Patri... Wed, 24 Apr 2013 05:17:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2040810-top-court-sends-rios-montt-trial-to-judge.html 2013-04-24T05:17:50Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2038450-immigrant-patients-deported-hospitals.html DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Over the last five years, American hospitals have sent at least 600 immigrants who were in the U.S. illegally back to their home countries to avoid paying for long-term care after serious illness or injury. The Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall University has documented "medical repatriation" cases in 15 states involving pati... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 07:14:27 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/health/2038450-immigrant-patients-deported-hospitals.html 2013-04-23T07:14:27Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007462-guatemala-war-trial-puts-closer-to-president.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's struggle to deal with the war crimes of the past, including bringing an aging former dictator and his officers to justice, is hitting the country's current leader. A former soldier testifying at the genocide trial of ex-strongman Efrain Rios Montt, now 86, directly accused President Otto Perez Molina of ordering pillaging... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:25:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007462-guatemala-war-trial-puts-closer-to-president.html 2013-04-09T15:25:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1965288-call-justice-opens-guatemala-ex-leader-trial.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The first witness in the trial of Guatemala's former U.S.-backed dictator testified Tuesday that soldiers razed his village in 1982, killing dozens of his neighbors, tearing the hearts out of victims and setting fire to houses. Nicolas Brito was the first of at least 150 witnesses expected to give their testimony in the trial of Gen.... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 03:21:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1965288-call-justice-opens-guatemala-ex-leader-trial.html 2013-03-20T03:21:17Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1963330-ex-guatemala-strongman-trial-30-years.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — There is no smoking gun in the case files, no direct order from Guatemala's then military dictator to carry out the slaughter of civilians during one of the bloodiest phases of the country's long civil war. In its absence, with trial set to start Tuesday, prosecutors hope to painstakingly prove through a detailed recreation of the mi... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 21:14:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1963330-ex-guatemala-strongman-trial-30-years.html 2013-03-18T21:14:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1908744-soldiers-stole-children-el-salvadors-war.html SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — One of Gregoria Contreras' first childhood memories was the moment she last saw her parents. Fighting between government troops and guerrillas had broken out around the 4-year-old girl's family home in the countryside of this Central American country. The soldiers took advantage of the confusion and seized Contreras and he... Sat, 23 Feb 2013 02:02:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/1908744-soldiers-stole-children-el-salvadors-war.html 2013-02-23T02:02:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1907606-guatemala-evidence-gunfight-capos-death.html SAN VALENTIN, Guatemala (AP) — A Guatemalan official said Friday there was no evidence that Mexico's most-wanted drug lord, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, had been killed in a shootout in the rural north, calling such reports a misunderstanding. Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla told local media that the original account was based on testimony from res... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 23:17:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1907606-guatemala-evidence-gunfight-capos-death.html 2013-02-22T23:17:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1896314-vatican-raises-possibility-early-march-conclave.html VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican raised the possibility Saturday that the conclave to elect the next pope might start sooner than March 15, the earliest date possible under current rules that require a 15 to 20 day waiting period after the papacy becomes vacant. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said that Vatican rules on papal succession are op... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 22:08:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1896314-vatican-raises-possibility-early-march-conclave.html 2013-02-16T22:08:26Z http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1891478-much-investigated-denies-fixing-soccer-matches.html ZURICH (AP) — It was in the final minutes of a June 2011 soccer game between Nigeria and Argentina when the little green flags on computer screens in London started to change color. Nigeria was leading 4-0 in the exhibition match of little significance, and more and more money was being laid down around the world on the possibility that one of the teams w... Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:30:12 GMT http://www.mail.com/sports/other/1891478-much-investigated-denies-fixing-soccer-matches.html 2013-02-14T13:30:12Z http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1865304-us-military-expands-drug-war-latin-america.html The crew members aboard the USS Underwood could see through their night goggles what was happening on the fleeing go-fast boat: Someone was dumping bales. When the Navy guided-missile frigate later dropped anchor in Panamanian waters on that sunny August morning, Ensign Clarissa Carpio, a 23-year-old from San Francisco, climbed into the inflatable dinghy ... Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:36:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/finance/1865304-us-military-expands-drug-war-latin-america.html 2013-02-03T16:36:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851666-guatemala-ex-dictator-to-stand-trial-genocide.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war will stand trial on charges he ordered the murder, torture and displacement of thousands of Mayan Indians, a judge ruled Monday. Human rights advocates have said that the prosecution of Jose Efrain Rios Montt would be an important sy... Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:53:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1851666-guatemala-ex-dictator-to-stand-trial-genocide.html 2013-01-29T01:53:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852232-arrests-us-borders-up-year.html WASHINGTON (AP) — A year after Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal border crossers plunged to the lowest levels in nearly 40 years agents have seen a slight increase in arrests, according to Border Patrol arrest data obtained by The Associated Press. In the budget year that ended in September, Border Patrol agents arrested 356,873 would-be border cross... Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:17:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1852232-arrests-us-borders-up-year.html 2013-01-28T23:17:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1806702-guatemala-builds-private-city-to-escape-crime.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The highway climbs toward the edge of Guatemala City, past deep ravines where the poorest residents of the capital live in thousands of cinderblock huts, roofed with plastic sheets and powered by black cables stealing electricity from nearby lampposts. Seven miles (11 kilometers) south of the historic center, the rutted, two-lane roa... Tue, 08 Jan 2013 18:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1806702-guatemala-builds-private-city-to-escape-crime.html 2013-01-08T18:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1785650-prosecutor-killed-guatemala-with-6.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's attorney general dispatched a special team Monday to investigate the slaying of a federal prosecutor and six other people in an attack near the Mexican border. Attorney General Claudia Paz y Paz said she was sending prosecutors and investigators to the area of northern Guatemala where Irma Yolanda Olivares, who worked in ... Mon, 24 Dec 2012 19:58:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1785650-prosecutor-killed-guatemala-with-6.html 2012-12-24T19:58:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1777764-quotes-most-positive-countries.html Comments by people in some of the countries that a Gallup poll ranks as the world's most and least positive: MOST POSITIVE 1. PANAMA "We're naturally very happy. We have our problems in life but we forget them quickly and we start over; it's a question of culture." — Hildaura Ortega, 30, English p... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:49:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/1777764-quotes-most-positive-countries.html 2012-12-19T21:49:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1777240-latin-americans-rank-happiest-people-planet.html MEXICO CITY (AP) — The world's happiest people aren't in Qatar, the richest country by most measures. They aren't in Japan, the nation with the highest life expectancy. Canada, with its chart-topping percentage of college graduates, doesn't make the top 10. A poll released Wednesday of nearly 150,000 people around the world says seven of the world's 10 co... Wed, 19 Dec 2012 21:47:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1777240-latin-americans-rank-happiest-people-planet.html 2012-12-19T21:47:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762738-mcafee-miami-deportation-guatemala.html MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Anti-virus software founder John McAfee said Thursday that U.S. authorities have made no efforts to question him since he arrived in Miami after weeks of evading Belizean authorities who want to ask him about the death of his neighbor. "Why would they want to question me, about what?" a tired-looking but sharply dressed McAfee tol... Thu, 13 Dec 2012 21:56:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/us/1762738-mcafee-miami-deportation-guatemala.html 2012-12-13T21:56:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762016-mcafee-released-guatemala-flies-to-miami.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Anti-virus software founder John McAfee was released from a detention center Wednesday and was escorted by immigration officials and police trucks to the Guatemala City airport, where he was put on a commercial flight bound for Miami. McAfee sat in a coach-class seat on the flight, which took off at midafternoon. The escort to the ai... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 21:46:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1762016-mcafee-released-guatemala-flies-to-miami.html 2012-12-12T21:46:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759838-lawyer-guatemala-judge-orders-mcafee-released.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A lawyer for John McAfee said Tuesday that a judge has ordered the software company founder released from a Guatemalan detention center where he has been fighting being returned to Belize. Attorney Telesforo Guerra said the judge notified him verbally of the ruling, but added that it might take a day for formal written notification t... Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1759838-lawyer-guatemala-judge-orders-mcafee-released.html 2012-12-12T00:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755102-mcafee-wants-to-return-to-us-normal-life.html BACALAR, Mexico (AP) — Software company founder John McAfee said Sunday he wants to return to the United States and "settle down to whatever normal life" he can. In a live-stream Internet broadcast from the Guatemalan detention center where he is fighting a government order that he be returned to Belize, the 67-year-old said "I simply would like to live c... Mon, 10 Dec 2012 20:05:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1755102-mcafee-wants-to-return-to-us-normal-life.html 2012-12-10T20:05:00Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1751368-lawyer-mcafee-better-hopes-to-stay-guatemala.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — A lawyer for software company founder John McAfee said Friday that the self-styled fugitive is feeling better after suffering chest pain and that he has filed three separate legal appeals in hopes his client can stay in Guatemala, where his political asylum request was rejected. Attorney Telesforo Guerra told reporters outside the de... Sat, 08 Dec 2012 00:28:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/1751368-lawyer-mcafee-better-hopes-to-stay-guatemala.html 2012-12-08T00:28:00Z http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1748576-mcafee-hospitalized-denied-asylum.html GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Software company founder John McAfee was hospitalized briefly Thursday after being denied political asylum in Guatemala, and his lawyers said they were making a last-ditch effort to keep him from being flown back to Belize for questioning about the killing of a fellow American expatriate. McAfee told The Associated Press that he suff... Fri, 07 Dec 2012 00:55:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/scitech/news/1748576-mcafee-hospitalized-denied-asylum.html 2012-12-07T00:55:00Z