Word: guatemala
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mysterious eclipse of the classic Maya empire, the Maya themselves are all around them. An estimated 1.2 million Maya still live in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, and nearly 5 million more are spread throughout the Yucatan Peninsula and the cities and rural farm communities of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Ethnically, they are derived from the same people who created the most exalted culture in Mesoamerica. Yet the thousands of visitors who come each year to admire the imposing temples of Palenque might be shocked to know the ignominious fate of the Maya's modern-day descendants...
...cartel. Not so. They all turned out to be Costa Ricans. After four days of negotiations, they bagged $150,000 in ransom and released their hostages, only to be captured by authorities, who tricked them into giving up their arms in exchange for the promise of safe passage to Guatemala. In a note left behind in the courthouse, the gang's leader said he needed the money to treat his cirrhotic liver. "Forgive me, Costa Rica," he wrote...
Heymann specializes in international criminal law issues and has worked with other countries, including Guatemala and Russia, to improve criminal law practices and procedures...
Some new issues facing the CCSR this year relate to the adoption of smoke-free facilities by corporations, U.S. business in Myanmar (Burma), the operation of American-owned assembly plants in Mexico and Guatemala, bank lending policies and broadcasting standards
...scared to go visit family in south Guatemala for fear of putting them into danger," Perancen said...