Guatemala’s attorney general is removed after corruption allegations
Guatemala’s constitutional court has removed the nation’s embattled attorney general, appearing to head off a growing political crisis in a country besieged by organized crime and corruption.
In its ruling Thursday, the court did not directly address accusations that Attorney General Conrado Reyes had links to organized crime but said the ruling was necessary so that [...]
Guatemalan chain Pollo Campero opens in Tampa in July
They have not advertised, and the new building next to Fiesta Plaza didn’t sport a Pollo Campero sign. Yet somehow the Central American community in the Tampa Bay area figured out a familiar fast-food taste is coming.
“We’re getting calls and people at the door asking when we open,” said Stephen Carlson, local operations director of [...]
GUATEMALA: Conditions Not Ripe for Coup
Comments OffThe overthrow of the government of Manuel Zelaya in Honduras revived fears of something similar happening in neighbouring Guatemala, although analysts, political leaders and social activists do not see it as likely.
Since the Jun. 28 coup in which Zelaya was removed from his home at gunpoint by more than 100 troops and put on a [...]
Guatemalan court rules in favor of tweet author
Comments OffAn appeals court found insufficient evidence to warrant the trial of a Guatemalan whose Twitter message led to his arrest on charges of inciting financial panic.
Jean Anleu was arrested and charged in May after sending a 96-character tweet that urged depositors to withdraw funds from a bank involved in a political-murder scandal. The message earned [...]
Metro in Guatemala???
Comments OffHave we ever though of Guatemala as a city with a Metro? Usually, no. Recent tendencies have pointed out that feasibility and necessity are making this change, and people are starting to talk about Guatemala’s odds.
The First underground metropolitan transport system was born in London, 1863. It was steam powered until 1890, when it upgraded [...]
