GUATEMALA CITY, Mar 3, 2010 (IPS) – Guatemala knows that when it comes time to demonstrate compliance with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), a set of global anti-poverty and development target to be met by 2015, it will make a poor showing.

Along with the rest of the world’s governments, authorities in ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/03/article-off-track-for-millennium-development-goals/feed/ 0 http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/03/article-6000-plastic-bottles/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/03/article-6000-plastic-bottles/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:59:57 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=2458 The following excerpt is from a January 28, 2010 article published by Planet Green.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

You’d never know it just from looking, but the new bright orange schoolhouse in Granados, Guatemala has walls built with used plastic bottles—and so much other plastic waste that the team who built it had to go to neighboring villages to collect waste because they used up all the trash in their ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/03/article-6000-plastic-bottles/feed/ 0 http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/profiles-in-sustainable-agriculture-people-before-profits-at-guatemala%e2%80%99s-finca-ona/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/profiles-in-sustainable-agriculture-people-before-profits-at-guatemala%e2%80%99s-finca-ona/#comments Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:15:39 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=2398 The following excerpt is from an article published by the Rainforest Alliance.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

For Manfredo Lippman, whose family has owned Finca Ona since 1966, coffee farming is as much about people and the environment as it is about growing the aromatic bean. His estate farm in northwest Guatemala provides employment, education and basic healthcare to hundreds of families, whereas the streams that run through it supply drinking ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/profiles-in-sustainable-agriculture-people-before-profits-at-guatemala%e2%80%99s-finca-ona/feed/ 0 http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-retooling-education/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-retooling-education/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:22:54 +0000 Jon http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=2365 here is an account of countries around the world with educational shortcomings. Guatemala is on the list of countries where over 30% of young adults have fewer than four years of education. I encourage everyone to skim the article as it’s really quite eye opening.

I think some of the solutions discussed in the article would be a good start, but I question how well they would solve the root causes of a struggling ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-retooling-education/feed/ 0 http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-teachers-camp-out-in-guatemalan-capital-to-press-for-pay-hike/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-teachers-camp-out-in-guatemalan-capital-to-press-for-pay-hike/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:36:55 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=2349 The following excerpt is from a February 24, 2010 article published by The Latin American Herald Tribune.  Click here to read the article in its entirety.

GUATEMALA CITY – Thousands of teachers from all of Guatemala’s 22 provinces occupied the capital’s Constitution Square on Wednesday to press the government for a 16 percent pay raise.

While union official Rumulado Maldonado told Efe that some 70,000 teachers were taking part, the number in Constitution Square was closer to ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-teachers-camp-out-in-guatemalan-capital-to-press-for-pay-hike/feed/ 0 http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-guatemalan-teachers-block-belize-guatemala-bridge/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-guatemalan-teachers-block-belize-guatemala-bridge/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:30:56 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=2346 The following excerpt is from a February 24, 2010 article published by 7 News Belize.  Click here to read the article in its entirety.

The Belize National Teachers Union held a Council of Management meeting today – but at news time – we were unable to find out from the union what is the decision going forward. But in Guatemala, those teachers aren’t playing. Thousands of them have shut down all major roadways demanding a 16% ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-guatemalan-teachers-block-belize-guatemala-bridge/feed/ 0 http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-good-news-from-ecoregion-lachua-guatemala/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-good-news-from-ecoregion-lachua-guatemala/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 05:19:28 +0000 Kari http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=2141 The following article was published in the Guatemala Times on February 13, 2010.

By BARBARA SCHIEBER: From the characterization of subsistence hunting to its communitarian management. Applied participative research with Maya-Q´eqchi´ communities in the Ecoregion Lachuá, Guatemala

How did it all start:

Wildlife hunting for domestic consumption (subsistence hunting) is ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-good-news-from-ecoregion-lachua-guatemala/feed/ 0 http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-avivara-newsletter/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-avivara-newsletter/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:43:57 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=1928 The following excerpt is from an article published in the January, 2010 newsletter from Avivará.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

Recently it seems, they have been “taking it to the streets.” With the announcement in December that the government would be cutting 32,000 jobs in health, education and police due to the failure of the Guatemalan congress to approve a fiscal reform initiative, teachers blocked the major roadways into Guatemala City ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/02/article-avivara-newsletter/feed/ 0 http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/01/article-teachers%e2%80%99-protest-delays-start-of-school-year-in-guatemala/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/01/article-teachers%e2%80%99-protest-delays-start-of-school-year-in-guatemala/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 03:24:41 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=1923 The following excerpt is from a January 29, 2010 article published by the Latin American Times.  To read the article in its entirety, click here.

GUATEMALA CITY – Thousands of Guatemalan public school teachers impeded the start of the 2010 school year, staging a large demonstration on Friday to demand an increase in the education budget.

“More than 40,000 teachers from all over the country” took part in the demonstration, which covered the main streets of Guatemala ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/01/article-teachers%e2%80%99-protest-delays-start-of-school-year-in-guatemala/feed/ 0 http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/01/article-guatemala-teachers-meet-for-budget-rise/ http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/01/article-guatemala-teachers-meet-for-budget-rise/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:09:53 +0000 Laura http://www.cliniclink.org/?p=1617 The following excerpt is from a Janaury 7, 2010 article published by Inside Costa Rica.  To read the article in its entirety, please click here.

GUATEMALA  – The Guatemalan teachers” guild announced on Wednesday that it would declare itself in permanent assembly to analyze measures that exert pressure Congress to increase the sector’s budget this year.

Teachers went to public schools on Monday to finish the preparations for the new school year, the beginning of which was ...complete post]]> http://www.cliniclink.org/2010/01/article-guatemala-teachers-meet-for-budget-rise/feed/ 0