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TIDE Says Guatemalan Fishers Illegally Entering Belizean Waters
Residents from a Guatemalan fishing community claim Belizean authorities are violating their human rights by preventing them from fishing in their waters. The Toledo Institute for Development and Environment (TIDE) has responded to these claims....
Costa Rica Among Latin America’s Worst Hit by Plastic Bottle Pollution
Costa Rica ranks among Latin America’s most affected countries for plastic bottle pollution on its beaches, according to a new study by Chile’s Universidad Católica del Norte. The report, titled “In Search of the Origin of Plastic Bottles,”...
The Guatemala Aid Fund
25 Years ago, Bethany Eisenberg and her husband traveled to Guatemala to adopt their two children. Shortly after, they established the Guatemala Aid Fund. Today, the Fund partners with numerous in-country programs around education, the...
Guatemala explores new potato varieties to boost Belize's farming industry
A team from the Ministry of Agriculture is exploring new potato varieties in Guatemala intending to transform the country's farming industry. Under the leadership of Minister José Abelardo Mai, the delegation is visiting potato farms in Poptún,...
Guatemalan Potato Varieties Could Transform Belize
A team from the Ministry of Agriculture is exploring new potato varieties in Guatemala that could transform the country’s farming industry. Led by Minister José Abelardo Mai, the delegation is currently visiting potato farms in Poptún, Guatemala,...
Mystery Meat No More: Genetic Tools Reveal What’s Really In Guatemala’s Shark Markets
One species stood out: the silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), which has a wide distribution and ... More is known to be landed on both Guatemalan coasts. By using “DNA zip coding,” scientists were able to determine the ocean basin origin of...
Guatemalan Journalists Face Ongoing Judicial Persecution
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reported Wednesday that journalists in Guatemala continue working in a “hostile” environment due to ongoing “criminalization” cases driven by the Prosecutor’s Office and other forms of aggression, as they assessed...
Happy Ending: Guatemalan Illegal Alien Deported After Attacking and Injuring Endangered Great White Heron – Bird Makes Full Recovery (VIDEO)
An endangered Great White Heron has fully recovered from an emergency surgery after a fisherman pelted it with a rock at Bill Baggs State Park in Key Biscayne, Florida, in January. The rock broke the bird’s wing and reportedly caused the bird to...
La Tormenta Tropical Melissa aún no se fortalece, pero se espera que se convierta en un huracán peligroso en el Caribe
Se ha emitido un Aviso de Huracán para la costa sur de Haití y un Aviso de Tormenta Tropical para Jamaica debido a la Tormenta Tropical Melissa, que hasta el mediodía del miércoles aún no se había fortalecido. La tormenta se desplazaba lentamente...
10 tips from actual kids on reconnecting with your childlike sense of wonder
By Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES — I thought I’d noticed everything on the four-mile stretch of the Gabrielino Trail from its western trailhead near Pasadena to the Gould Mesa campground in Angeles National Forest. I have a...
Volcanic activity worldwide 23 Oct 2025: Santiaguito volcano, Fuego, Karymsky, Klyuchevskoy, Merapi,...
Thu, 23 Oct 2025, 21:00 1761253203 | BY: SEVERAL CONTRIBUTORS Map of today's active volcanoes Svartsengi (Reykjanes peninsula, SW Iceland): The Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) reported that by 23 September around 10 million cubic meters of...
Climate Activist Who Wants People to Take Public Transit Was Attacked at NYC Subway Station
The leader of a climate alarmism group pressuring people to take public transit as part of an effort to "lower greenhouse gas emissions in urban areas" was attacked at a New York City subway station last weekend. Climate activist Layla Law-Gisiko,...
Guatemala: progress in President Arévalo’s first year undermined by press freedom threats and Zamora case
14 January 2025 marked one year since President Bernardo Arévalo took office, a period that began with high hopes after years of repressive policies. During his campaign, Arévalo pledged to respect human rights and dismantle the authoritarian...
Quality Through Sustainability: How Illy's Regenerative Practices Create Award-Winning Brazilian Coffee
Illycaffè is redefining quality coffee through regenerative agriculture, proving sustainability can ... More enhance both flavor and farmer resilience in Brazil and beyond.Illycaffè Italian coffee powerhouse illycaffè is rewriting the narrative of...
Grand jury indicts illegal Guatemalan man for allegedly escorting unaccompanied minor into US: DOJ
A federal grand jury on Thursday indicted an illegal Guatemalan migrant for allegedly helping to smuggle an unaccompanied minor into the United States, the Justice Department (DOJ) said Friday. The indictment claimed that 26-year-old Juan Tiul Xi,...
If You Don’t Speak English, You Will No Longer Be Warned Before Weather Disasters
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. When an outbreak of deadly tornadoes tore through the small town of Mayfield, Kentucky, in December 2021, one family was slow to act, not because they didn’t...
Oregon Tech students learn wildlife rehabilitation skills in new biology course
April 17, 2025, KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. – Oregon Tech students recently completed BIO 226 – Introduction to Wildlife Rehabilitation, a course designed to introduce them to wildlife welfare and how to care for injured and orphaned wild animals. The...
Tropical Storm Melissa not yet strengthening, but still expected to become a dangerous Caribbean hurricane
[En español] A Hurricane Watch is up for the south coast of Haiti and a Tropical Storm Watch for Jamaica for Tropical Storm Melissa, which had not yet strengthened as of midday Wednesday. The storm was crawling slowly west-northwestward across the...
British High Commissioner Visits OAS Office in Belize-Guatemala Adjacency Zone
Yesterday, British High Commissioner to Belize, Christine Rowlands, went on a working visit to the OAS Office in the Adjacency Zone between Belize and Guatemala. Rowlands visited the OAS offices along with the High Commission’s Climate Change,...
Guatemalan melons hit historic pricing highs
Supplies of all varieties of melons from Guatemala are tight right now. "Supplies have been challenging for a number of reasons, but primarily weather," says Garrett Patricio, president of Westside Produce, adding that the weather has been a...