Guatemala has experienced continued economic stability, but this has not translated into growth acceleration to close the income gap with rich countries. In fact, poverty and inequality in the country ...

Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country of striking geographical features, including active volcanoes, and a strong indigenous culture – as well as crushing poverty ... With the ...

It is alarming to note that as per UNAIDS data the annual number of new HIV infections in the Latin American countries ...

In Guatemala, for example ... Statements also confirmed that there was a need for indigenous peoples to provide their own definitions of poverty and development, and for them to have full and ...

This report consists of key statistics about the economy of Guatemala. First ... After covering inflation and poverty, the report follows with a chapter on international trade, including main ...

Nearly 70% of its 5.7 million residents — almost a third of them Indigenous — live in poverty ... In Guatemala, the residents ...

U.S. Treasury Department sanctions imposed on Guatemala ... water to Indigenous groups and repair decrepit bridges were put on hold. Business activity cratered. Unemployment, poverty and hunger ...

Honduras, together with El Salvador and Guatemala, is located in what’s called ... And wealth inequalities are extraordinarily high, with the highest rates of poverty among rural and indigenous people ...

The Indigenous Peoples of Guatemala celebrate their unique embroidery style and ... Although standards of living have improved, nutrition and health remain poor and the infant death rate high. Kalasha ...

Furthermore, indigenous peoples are nearly three times as likely to be living in extreme poverty compared to their ... located in Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru.

I can paint over it!” she said. Alicia Munkel Alicia Munkel, an Astoria resident, seeks to capture the flavors, colors and textures of her native Guatemala in her art. Nine of her paintings ...

Guatemala is the largest economy in Central America in ... Also, by a Dedicated Grant Mechanism project (US$ 4.5 million) to strengthen the capacity and benefits of Indigenous Peoples and local ...