Guatemala Now Has Three Illiteracy-Free Municipalities
Edgar Montiel, representative of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) made the announcement at an event in the town of Santa Maria Visitacion, in the central department of Solola, 140 km (87 miles) west of the capital.
It was precisely the Cuban method which contributed to achieving the target of teaching Santa Maria Visitacion’s [...]
Zelaya leaves Guatemala for Nicaragua
Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya on Wednesday left Guatemala for Nicaragua to meet with Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega.
During his stay in Guatemala, Zelaya urged the Honduran people to rebel against the Honduran interim government under post-coup leader Roberto Micheletti.
According to information reaching here from Guatemala City, during [...]
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 [...]
Guatemalan fears a tweet will make him a jailbird
Comments OffJean Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social-networking site Twitter. That message has now earned him a potential five-year prison sentence and the unfortunate distinction of becoming one of the first people in the world to be [...]
