http://www.guatadopt.com/ GUATADOPT.COM News about Guatemalan Adoptions: for parents, professionals and adoption advocates. "There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." ~Anonymous en-us 2012-04-12T20:59:31-05:00 2012-04-18T21:20:24-05:00 President Molina announced that he's willing to allow the remaining cases to be completed. We've heard some similar things in the past, hopefully it is true this time! http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/apr/11/lt-guatemala-adoption/... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001152.html Click on more for a couple of stories of interst. The first deals with some of teh mized messages being sent (non0adoption) during Molina's first days in office. Truly amazing if you follow Guatemalan politics. The second is a blog... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001150.html There has been a bug in our system for some time and comments have not been getting sent to me to approve. I just went through and approved all the legitimate old ones I could find. I apologize to anyone... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001149.html The US Embassy has a new notice regarding a process for those cases being handled by the CNA (not notarial cases with the PGN). You can read the notice by clicking on more or here: http://adoption.state.gov/country_information/country_specific_alerts_notices.php?alert_notice_type=notices&alert_notice_file=guatemala_8... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001148.html Last week I finished reading Erin Siegal's Finding Fernanda. What you can read by clicking on more will be a combination of a book review and personal reflection. Because myself personally and this site were mentioned in the book, being... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001147.html Friends Through Guatemalan Adoption invites you to join our 7th Annual Holiday Giving Back Project in conjunction with Behrhorst Partners for Development. Each year families like you help to change lives of rural Guatemalan families! This year we are funding... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001146.html Otto Perez Molina and his "Mano Duro" has won the Guatemalan presidential election. My hope is that he is somehow successful in making the country safer for all Guatemalans without returning to the human rights ills of the past, especially... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001145.html Here is a must watch new 20 minute video from Reason.TV. I applaud them for making it because it is a story that needs to be told. While I am the first to admit it doesn't portray the problems that... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001144.html I highly recommend giving these a read. http://www.cm-life.com/2011/09/30/column-of-course-i-don%E2%80%99t-look-like-my-family-i%E2%80%99m-adopted/ http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/210694/group/Sports/... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001143.html I know nothing more than what is in this story. It was the first I had heard of this.. http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2011/08/22/guatemala-issues-decree-speeding-up-child-adoptions/... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001142.html I'm not going to comment much on this. As I have consistently stated all along on this, my opinion is that the adoptive family has been making a mistake on this by not addressing it and trying to resolve collaboratively.... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001141.html This is a major sign of justice and living up to the terms of peace accords. I only wish that Rios Mont doesn't stand trial himself - not only his foot soldiers that did his dirty deeds! http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/envoy/guatemala-sentences-ex-soldiers-12-060-years-jail-174709252.html... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001140.html CCAI issued it's report on the trip to Guatemala. A very interesting read that backs up much of my opinion/explanation of the Senator vs Cicig. Also, interesting to see how UNICEF's dollars continue to directly impact adoption. You can read... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001139.html There are two different newsworthy items that I've been neglecting to post. And the more I pondered the "how" to address them, the more I realized that they were intertwined and best managed combined in one post. Story One -... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001138.html On the heels of her recent trip to Guatemala the Guatemala900 has created a Thank You letter to Senator Landrieu for her amazing advocacy work for the children and families with pending adoptions there. Please take a moment to sign... http://www.guatadopt.com/archives/001137.html