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US Government 'infected Guatemalans with syphilis'
www.channel4.com
[Channel 4 News] - Last year, President Obama formally apologised to his Guatemalan counterpart, President Alvaro Colom, for the experiments intended to help research into the drug penicillin. The US Health Service and the Pan American Health Sanitary Bureau financed
Guatemala agrees to US extradition of ex-President
www.trust.org
[Reuters AlertNet] - No date has been set for the extradition, which also must be approved by President Alvaro Colom. The court recommended that Portillo, currently under house arrest, be moved to a detention center until Colom makes a decision on the case.
Latin America: A toxic trade
www.ft.com
[Financial Times] - Álvaro Colom, the leftist president, says he has had to fire at least two national police chiefs on corruption concerns since he took office in The Guatemalan army, which is also used to fight organised crime, has been cut in size by 70 per cent
Divorce 'ploy' costs former Guatemalan first lady her presidential ambition
www.independent.co.uk
[The Independent] - A presidential bid by former first lady Sandra Torres has been derailed by a Guatemalan court, which ruled that her divorce from President Alvaro Colom was a political ploy rather than a genuine separation.
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