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AK'TENAMIT, GUATEMALA (http://aktenamit.org/index.html)
Presents a non-profit international development organization working to reduce poverty in Eastern Guatemala.
ANTHROPOLOGY RESOURCES IN GUATEMALA- CIRS (http://www.cirs.net/organisms/anthropology/guatemala.htm)
This site provides all the scientific websites in the field of anthropology : societies, organizations, laboratories and universities. In Spanish.
COMMUNITY AID ABROAD: GUATEMALA (http://www.caa.org.au/world/latam/guatemala/index.html)
Presents information about the social situation and others aspects of Guatemala. It provides access full text to articles that deal with social aspects of this country.
COUNTRY DATA-UN YOUTH PROJECTS: GUATEMALA (http://esa.un.org/socdev/unyin/country7.asp?countrycode=gt)
The United Nations offers a youth profile of Guatemala. The profile highlights statitis dealing with demographic indicators, educational indicators, employment indicators, and so on. It helps to have an overview of the youth population in Guatemala.
FOCUS ON GUATEMALA (http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/regions/lac/guatemal.htm)
The Development Education Program (DEP) of the World Bank Group highlights social and economic indicators for Guatemala. DEP includes such demographic and economic statistics as the gross national product, key economic ratios and long-term trends, the infant mortality rate, the adult illiteracy rate, and more. DEP offers data indicating how prepared Guatemala is for economic growth and provides links to sites pertaining to trade and development in the country. This information is intended to be used with classes at the secondary level.
GUATEMALA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION/USA (http://www.ghrc-usa.org/)
The Guatemala Human Rights Commission/USA is a non-profit, humanitarian organization founded in 1982 to monitor, document and report on the human rights situation in Guatemala.
GUATEMALA: BASIC COUNTRY HEALTH PROFILES, SUMMARIES 2001 (http://www.paho.org/english/sha/prflgut.htm)
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) offers a country profile of Guatemala. This profile was released in 1999, and features a socioeconomic, political, and demographic overview of the country that includes pertinent statistics. PAHO also provides information concerning health issues for various population groups, diseases and other health-related problems, and health care services in Guatemala. PAHO notes that the information is a summary of a chapter from "Health in the Americas 1998," and offers access to the entire chapter in PDF format.
MAYA EXPEDITIONS- GUATEMALA (http://www.mayaexpeditions.com)
This site features Guatemala travel adventures such as archaeology, rafting, ecotourism, trekking, hiking, volcanoes, riding, bungee. Also provides information about coffee plantations, weaving, folklore and locations for Spanish study.
PEACE BRIGADES INTERNATIONAL (http://www.peacebrigades.org/guatemala.html)
Describes projects of Peace Brigades International (PBI) in Guatemala. Includes background information on the country, PBI reports, and a directory of Guatemalan organizations.
RED DE INFORMACION INDIGENA (http://www.laneta.apc.org/rci/)
Features the Network of Indigenous Information. This network aims at providing a space for organizations devoted to indigenous groups of Latin America on the Internet. Includes a section on indigenous organizations in Mexico. In Spanish.
WORLD REPORT 2002:GUATEMALA (http://www.hrw.org/wr2k2/americas6.html)
Human Rights Watch, based in New York City, presents information on the human rights developments in Guatemala in 2001, as part of the "World Report 2002." In Guatemala, there were increased reports of threats and violence targeting human rights advocates, labor leaders, judges, prosecutors, and journalists. The report highlights the defense of human rights in Guatemala and the role of the international community in the country. In the United States, the Senate voted to maintain a ban on regular military training and funding for Guatemala's military.
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