Posts Tagged ‘guatemalan’
Obama apologizes to Guatemala for US human experiments (AFP)
AFP - President Barack Obama personally apologized to his Guatemalan counterpart for a US-led study conducted in the 1940s, in which hundreds of people in the Latin American state were deliberately infected with sexually-transmitted diseases. Continued here: Obama apologizes to Guatemala for US human experiments (AFP)
LA protests underscore frustration of immigrants (AP)
AP - The smell of corn roasting on sidewalk grills, the oompah beat of Latin music blasting from mom-and-pop stores, colorful signs touting tongue-twisting names like Atitlan and Quetzaltenango. See the original post: LA protests underscore frustration of immigrants (AP)
Hitmen kill 25 in bloodiest day on Mexico-U.S. border (Reuters)
Reuters - The murders of 25 people by suspected drug hitmen on the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday was the bloodiest day in almost three years in an area gripped by an escalating drug war, officials said on Friday. Read this article: Hitmen kill 25 in bloodiest day on Mexico-U.S. border (Reuters)
300 protesters throw rocks, eggs at LAPD station (AP)
AP - Protesters on Tuesday night pelted a police station with eggs, rocks and bottles despite Police Chief Charlie Beck's plea for calm earlier in the day and his promise to thoroughly investigate an officer's fatal shooting of a Guatemalan immigrant wielding a knife. Read more: 300 protesters throw rocks, eggs at LAPD station (AP)
