Guatemala is a strikingly beautiful country… stunning and magical. I cringe at how this latest quest to find oil and natural gas will affect this “Land of Green Light.” Read the report from Life in Guatemala: World Energy Research, a New Zealand-based energy research and investment company, is moving into energy exploration in Guatemala. WER [...]
Sep 23, 2009 | Categories: Guatemala, Latin America, News | Tags: Alta Verapaz, central america, energy exploration, export, extraction, Gautemala, GT, guate, Huehuetenango, jobs, Latin America, Maya Biosphere Reserve, natural gas, New Zealand, oil, oxygen, Pacific, Peten, Quiche, WER, World Energy Research | Leave A Comment »
I just wanted to briefly comment upon the fact that I had to get online and read the news to realize that Guatemala, a Latin country that is slightly smaller than the state of Tennessee – the country in which I’m happily living – is enduring the worst drought it has faced in 30 years. [...]
Sep 23, 2009 | Categories: Charity & Aid, Guatemala, Latin America, News | Tags: agriculture, antigua, Caribbean, crisis, crops, drought, El Nino, food, food crisis, food crops, food prices, foreign aid, global financial crisis, GT, guate, Guatemala, high food prices, La Antigua, LAG, Latin America, nutrition, Pacific Ocean, Tennessee, tomatoes, unemployment, VOA, Voice of America, weather, World Food Program | Leave A Comment »
Monterrico has became a favorite weekend-destination for me. In the past several months, I’ve shuffled back to the lazy, Latin beach town at least four times, maybe more. There are several ways to get there, but hands down, the best way is to include “una lancha” or a small, motorized boat in your route. For [...]
Sep 22, 2009 | Categories: alive, Guatemala, Latin America, Play, Travel | Tags: beach, boat, canal, culture, egret, features, ferry, GT, guate, Guatemala, hammock, Johnny's Place, lancha, Latin America, local, mangrove, mangroves, mar, monterrico, ocean, ola, party, reeds, reggaeton, salsa, sea, soccer, wave, Wildlife | Leave A Comment »
Clothing manufacturers in the U.S. are apparently becoming a bit uneasy as the country’s political fiasco continues. ChinaView.com reports in its article “U.S. clothing companies request normality in Honduras” that U.S. manufacturers are “concerned.” The article claims these companies are concerned about violence. I would argue that these companies are more concerned about losing their [...]
Jul 29, 2009 | Categories: Asia, Honduras, Latin America, World Politics | Tags: Adidas, business, Caribbean Basin Initiative, cheap labor, clothing, clothing manufacturers, cocoa, coffee, Dollar, duty free, duty free importation, export, Free Zones, fruit, Gap, government, Honduras, import, importation, industry, Jose Miguel Insulza, labor, Latin America, leather, Lempira, Manuel, manufacturers, manufacturing plant, meat, minimum wage, NIke, Organization of American States, President Manuel Zelaya, raw materials, seafood, skilled labor, spices, sugar, tax, taxes, textiles, Thomas Shannon, trade, U.S., United States, unskilled labor, vegetable, Zelaya | Leave A Comment »
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