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Issue-Specific Analyses
Essays, press releases, and reports from various groups examining critical social and political issues in Guatemala.
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Uncertainty over Social Security System
Inforpress Centroamericana
11/10/2006
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The Transmetro Will Be Accessible
Frente Nacional de Lucha
11/8/2006
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Blancos de la Violencia
ADITAL
11/7/2006
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Negligencia Administrativa ante una Crisis Anunciada: Suspension de operaciones de BANCAFE S.A.
Centro Internacional para Investigaciones en Derechos Humanos
10/23/2006
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Significado del 12 de octubre para la resistencia indigena y lucha por la verdadera democracia en Guatemala
Comision de la Paz y el Desminado
10/12/2006
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Las Inconsistencias de la Reconstruccion
Grupo de Apoyo Mutuo
10/11/2006
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Press Release from the Policy Commission on Accessibility to the Transmetro and Physical Spaces
Comision Politica de Accesibilidad al Transmetro y Espacios Publicos
10/6/2006
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Arzu, incapable of listening (Arzu, incapaz de escuchar)
El Periodico
9/21/2006
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LOGREMOS EL ACCESO AL TRANSPORTE PUBLICO
Comision Politica de Accesibilidad al Transmetro
9/21/2006
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Overview and Press Release
Collective for Independent Living of Guatemala
9/12/2006
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