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Supplier of specialty vegetables from Guatemala and Peru expands in U.S.
FairFruit announces a strategic plan to expand its position on the U.S. market as a reliable year-round supplier of specialty vegetables from Guatemala and Peru. For the last two decades FairFruit has quietly made inroads into the U.S. with a...
Owner: Pieter Boekhout
I decided to retire early in Guatemala. I'm only getting half my pension, but the lower cost of healthcare makes it worth it.
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Ron Podmore, 58, a retired teacher who decided to live out his retirement in Guatemala. He still owns property in Washington and spends about half the year there as he begins the Guatemala...
Owner: Mathias Döpfner & Friede Springer
Nurse aboard REACH Air Medical Services helicopter that crashed has died
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CBS 8 San Diego - California
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In a statement, REACH Air Medical described nurse Suzie Smith as a "pillar of the EMS and healthcare community." SHASTA COUNTY, Calif — UPDATE: Suzie Smith, the nurse onboard the medical helicopter that crashed onto Highway 50, has died, according...
Owner: TEGNA Inc.
Grand Jury Indicts 3 Guatemalans for Selling Fake IDs
A grand jury indicted three people Norma Yanari Ayala (34), Rigoberto Vasquez-Vasquez (42), and Edgidio Vasquez-Mencho (41) on false document charges. The men were arrested in Grand Rapids on September. 30, acording to U.S. Attorney for the...
Owner: Edward Atsinger III
World News | India's Ambassador to Guatemala Raj Kumar Singh Concurrently Accredited to Honduras
New Delhi [India], October 10 (ANI): Raj Kumar Singh, India's Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, a 1996 batch member of the Indian Foreign Service (IFS), has been concurrently accredited as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of...
Owner: Aditya Pittie
Trump administration issues $5,000 fines to immigrant teens
By Isabelle Taft | New York Focus This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. The Department of Homeland Security has sent unaccompanied...
Owner: Newhouse Family
'Survivor' contestant medically evacuated after venomous snake bite
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Marco Eagle - Florida
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On the Oct. 8 episode of "Survivor," a contestant was bitten by a venomous snake on the beach in Fiji, prompting medical personnel to pull him from the game. A sea krait bit the right foot of Canadian correctional officer Jake Latimer, 36, while...
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Safe Passage: Mainer's mission to help kids in Guatemala City marks 25 years of service
Hanley Denning was a teacher and social worker who traveled to Guatemala City in 1997 to study Spanish. Right before she was about to head back to the states, Hanley's friend encouraged her to visit the Guatemala City dump. The outskirts of the...
Owner: TEGNA Inc.
New York Secretly Covering Health Care For Illegal Immigrants
New York is covering healthcare for nearly a half-million undocumented immigrants. The White House is now taking notice. A New York program that's not that well-known is now in the national spotlight. White House Comments On Immigrant Health Care...
Owner: Townsquare Media
UPDATE: Guatemala Man Illegally in United States Indicted for Gruesome Murder of Missing 19-Year-Old Dacara Thompson
UPDATE 10/7/2025: Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Tara Jackson announced today that Hugo Hernandez-Mendez has been indicted on charges, including common law murder, tampering with physical evidence, and burying/disposing of a body in an...
Owner: Non-transparent
Judge blocks Trump administration move to deport Guatemalan children
A US judge has temporarily blocked an attempt by the Trump administration to deport dozens of unaccompanied Guatemalan children back to their home country. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan’s order on Sunday was in response to reports that...
Owner: Non-transparent
International Forum to address mental health in the Dominican Penitentiary System
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Santo Domingo.- The International Forum “Mental Health and the Penitentiary System” will take place on October 10 and 11, 2025, at the Pedro Henríquez Ureña National Library Auditorium, in observance of International Mental Health Day. Organized...
Owner: Portal Alta Tecnología
LA County man restrained to hospital bed for a month after immigration operation
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A man hospitalized after an immigration operation at a Los Angeles County car wash has been granted a temporary restraining order that commands federal agents to remove the security guards who have accompanied him since late August. The federal...
Owner: Shari Redstone (Family)
Gupta to be WVU Global Health Week keynote speaker
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia University Global Health Program at WVU Health Sciences will host Dr. Rahul Gupta as the keynote speaker for Global Health Week 2025. The event, “Health Without Borders: Innovation, Access, and the Future of Global...
Owner: Ogden-Nutting Family
Lucky Brand Joins American Eagle Outfitters, Puma in Compensating Guatemalan Workers
Lucky Brand has agreed to make a $500,000 “humanitarian contribution” to the former employees of Industrial Hana, a garment factory in Guatemala that produced goods for the denim-focused company until its abrupt closure in October 2023. It’s a...
Owner: Jay Penske
Sen. Tim Carpenter removed from committee after clash on health care for undocumented immigrants
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Wisconsin
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Wisconsin Democratic state Sen. Tim Carpenter was removed from a legislative committee after a heated argument. The dispute occurred during a hearing on a Republican bill to ban public funds for health care for undocumented immigrants. Carpenter...
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ICE Keeps Detaining Pregnant Immigrants — But We Don’t Know How Many
Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. This story was originally published by The 19th. Cary López Alvarado, of Hawthorne,...
Owner: Truthout
NBC sparks controversy after halting broadcast for 'inane' Trump health update
JB Pritzker spoke out against the president(Image: Getty) NBC interrupted regular programming for urgent breaking news as global concerns mount over US President Donald Trump's mental state, after he's shown "classic signs" of horror disease....
Owner: Reach PLC
Maxine Waters ADMITS Dems are shutting down government to fund healthcare for illegals
Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters appeared to admit that her party was shutting down the government so that illegal migrants can have healthcare. In a fiery interview, the lawmaker from California lashed out as she was grilled over why her party was...
Owner: Jonathan Harmsworth
New Guatemalan grocery store sells freshly imported produce
Tienda Chapin 2 owner Vinicio Perez said he opened the Guatemalan grocery store for the Park Rapids Hispanic community. The store, located at 203 Henrietta Ave., opened on Aug. 1 and celebrated its grand opening the next day. Its sister store,...
Owner: Marcil-Black Family