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...Vinicio Cerezo Arévalo, 42, strode into the headquarters of his Christian Democratic Party in downtown Guatemala City last week, he was one step closer to being his country's first elected civilian President in nearly two decades. By garnering almost 39% of the national vote, the charismatic center-left lawyer had outperformed his closest competitor, Newspaper Owner Jorge Carpio Nicolle, 53, of the moderately conservative National Center Union, who finished with 20%. But because he failed to capture an absolute majority, Cerezo must face Carpio in a runoff election on Dec. 8. Buoyed by his impressive showing, Cerezo declared...
...novel’s principle characters include Nick and Arthur, an interracial gay couple, Rosa, who has escaped from war-torn Guatemala, and Child, who is entangled with the foster care system. Now an Arlington resident, Hindley calls her novel “a Harvard Square story.” The novel takes the audience to a number of locations on the Harvard campus, including Memorial Hall...
...quest for the truth of what exactly happened. “I had been told there was a former member of Congress who knew what had happened to Irma,” she said, “but by the time I got down there [to Guatemala] he had gone into a diabetic coma and never came out. I now seriously doubt, however, if he really knew the truth...
...question remains, however, as to how strong the legacy of a single journalist can be. Erlick said she feels that Flaquer’s is very powerful. “My investigations received a lot of publicity, and there is now a street in Guatemala City named after her, as well as a UN scholarship,” she said. “In a sense, she’s almost become an Anne Frank type figure, she’s part of the Guatemalan public mythology...
Blitz was launched last year by Scott Smith, 46, a former Curves franchise owner who wanted to adapt for men that company's quickie regimen. Today Smith counts 86 Blitz locations in the U.S. and Canada. (There's even a franchise in Guatemala.) The gyms, many of them found in strip malls, are set up like mock boxing rings, with members moving between machines and punching bags at the sound of a bell that rings every 30 seconds. "I don't care what your size or strength is," says Smith. "At the end of two 10-minute circuits...