Showing posts with label Guatemala. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Guatemala. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Several Recent US DOS Announcements Concerning Guatemala & also US Hague Implementation

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The US Department of State recently released three intercountry news announcements of interest to US adoptive families and adoption provider...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Part I of Accountability to Families of Origin: Before Adoption: Protecting the Rights of Vulnerable Families--Workshop 1.2

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The following are detailed notes. They do not constitute the exact words of the speakers, but a--hopefully accurate--summary of the ideas. I...
Friday, October 19, 2007

America: Waiting Angels Prosecution, Part I: The Story

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It's as sensational as the story line of a TV crime show. And the characters--at least as they appear on TV--are every bit as colorful. ...
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America: Waiting Angels Prosecution, Part II: The Legal Cases

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Waiting Angels Adoption Services, Inc., an American adoption agency out of Michigan, and its principals, Simone Boraggina and Joseph Beauvai...
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Friday, October 05, 2007

Guatemala: CNN's AC360 "Guatemala Adoption Controversy"

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CNN's show, Anderson Cooper 360 (AC360) recently featured a segment on the troubled Guatemalan adoption scene. Harris Whitbeck and his c...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Like Watching a Train Wreck

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The Department of State has issued its strongest warning ever “urging” American citizens not to commence an adoption from Guatemala at this ...
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Friday, September 07, 2007

Guatemala: Big Picture--The Need to Clean Up International Adoption

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Time Online "in partnership with with CNN" recently published an article entitled "Cleaning Up International Adoption." ...
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Thursday, September 06, 2007

Ireland Suspends Adoption From Guatemala Because of Child Trafficking Concerns

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The Adoption Authority of Ireland has said that it will no longer permit applications for adoption from Guatemala to Ireland because of seri...
Thursday, August 02, 2007

US DOS: U.S. Embassy in Guatemala Uses DNA Testing to Protect it's Adopted Children

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As long as there is a literal fortune to be made supplying the developed world's growing demand for adoptable children, all the safeguar...
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Sunday, July 22, 2007

Guatemala: Stolen Baby Rescued

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Much US media attention is being paid to the rescue from an orphanage in Guatemala of a two month old child stolen from his Guatemalan famil...
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Thursday, July 19, 2007

Guatemala: Citizens Outraged by Reports of Baby-Snatching for IA Hold 11 Policemen Hostage

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The violence began the week of July 11, 2007 in the jungle town of Sayaxche when Guatemalan citizens, wielding sticks and machetes, and outr...
Thursday, April 05, 2007

Guatemala: Baby Farming

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Martha lives in Guatemala. She is a 14 year old unwed mother who lives in a house for unwed mothers. Sometime in the last year, Martha gav...
Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Guatemala: Children Kidnapped from Orphanage/Some Returned

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According to news reports, armed kidnappers forced their way into a Guatemalan orphanage in Guatemala City in the middle of the night on Sun...
Thursday, March 15, 2007

US DOS Issues Notice About Guatemalan Adoption

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The US Department of State has just posted this notice about adoption from Guatemala on its website. The notice is quoted in its entirety b...