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Gay traveler to Guatemala will ... encounter paradox and contrast. Gay life in Guatemala has emerged from the closet in the last few years and the scene is evolving rapidly. But thousands of gay Guatemalans still lead a miserable existence, hiding their sexual preferences to survive.
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Superintendent Carl Harris is leading a group of 26 DPS teachers on a trip to the Republic of Guatemala in June, for a week-long language and cultural immersion experience, sponsored by Duke University. Read More
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Mit der Oktoberrevolution 1944 und dem Sturz des damaligen Diktators Jorge Ubico 1931-1944, beginnt ein demokratisches Jahrzehnt in Guatemala. Präsident Arévalo, 1944 bis 1949, demokratisiert das Land, führt die Pressefreiheit ein und implementiert den ersten Arbeiterkodex in der Geschichte Guatemalas. Unter seinem Nachfolger Jacobo Arbenz 1950-1954 werden umfangreiche Landreformen durchgeführt. Zu dieser Zeit besitzen rund 2 % aller Großgrundbesitzer ca. 70 % des landwirtschaftlich nutzbaren Landes.
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Other priorities include increasing transparency and accountability in Guatemala's public finances, broadening the tax base, and completing implementation of financial sector reforms. These measures attempt to ensure that Guatemala can comply with the standards of the international Financial Action Task Force for detecting and preventing money laundering.
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Castillo Armas celebrated the liberation of Guatemala in various ways. In July alone, thousands were arrested on suspicion of communist activity. Many were tortured or killed. In August a law was passed and a committee set up which could declare anyone a communist. with no right of appeal. Those so declared could be arbitrarily arrested for up to six months, could not own a radio or hold public office.
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Menchu said he paid a smuggler $2,000 in 1994 to help him get from Guatemala to Phoenix, where he landed a job as a roofer within three days. In Guatemala, Menchu earned as little as $8 a week cutting sugar cane. Now he earns nearly twice that amount in a single hour of roofing work.
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