Tagged: Central America

01 Apr

For the bucket list: Guatemala’s Peeps-free Easter fest you can’t miss

by Devin McDonald · April 1, 2013 · 10 Comments

A day after Holy Week, Semana Santa, here in Antigua, Guatemala and there’s not a Easter egg shell or Peeps wrapper in sight.

Filed under: Arts & Culture, Globalist, Globalist Youth, Religion, Travel

Tags: Central America, Christianity, Easter, Guatemala, religion

31 Jul

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Seattle orgs meet to help combat violence against women in Central America

by Hallie Golden · July 31, 2012 · 0 Comments

A market in El Salvador, which has the highest rate of homicide against women in the world. (Photo from Flickr by Jpeg Jedi)

Inside a conference room in Seattle’s Municipal building all eyes are fixed on Shira Downs as tears run down her face. She’s talking about the epidemic of violence against women in her home country of Nicaragua. “We have laws to protect women, but how do you make sure the law is effective or obeyed?” she [...]

Filed under: Aid and Development, Women

Tags: abuse, Central America, domestic violence, family, female, gang, gender violence, homicide, Latin America, murder, Seattle, security, violence against women

21 Jun

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Seattle aid org says Central America needs our help

by Alex Stonehill · June 21, 2012 · 0 Comments

The Seattle International Foundation sounded alarm bells about the development situation in Central America at an event on Tuesday, where panelists called for Seattle-based aid organizations like the Gates Foundation to step up activities in the region. Tom Paulson, from our partner blog Humanosphere was at the Central America Donors Forum and filed this report: A few [...]

Filed under: Aid and Development, Women

Tags: aid, Central America, domestic violence, El Salvador, Gates Foundation, Guatemala, Humanosphere, Latin America