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    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:40:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalists assaulted, face restrictions while covering second electoral round]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/11/09/cordero_herido/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Héctor Cordero, a correspondent for Guatevisión, was assaulted by a politician's bodyguard and will have to remain in hospital for 10 days.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:07:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Members of local security committee threaten journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/10/31/escobar_death_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Lucía Escobar says she was threatened after publishing an article about the forced disappearance of a person in the town of Panajachel, in western Guatemala.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalists threatened by mayor of Mazatenango after reporting on corruption]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/08/10/mazatenango_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Danilo López said the harassment began after he published a story detailing complaints accusing the mayor and his son of selling permits to illegal taxi operators.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Congressional candidate dismisses journalist, attempts to intimidate television correspondent]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/06/29/perez_dismissed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Franciso Pérez was dismissed after he refused to support the election campaign of the congressional candidate, who is the director of the agency that administers Radio Ixcán.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - RSF expresses serious doubts about abduction charge against detained journalist]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/06/14/vasni_vasquez/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Vasni Vásquez, who has been held in detention for two months, described the actions against him as an "attempt to intimidate the press."]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 14:58:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Environmental issues reporter receives threats]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/06/06/villatoro_amenaza/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Eduardo Villatoro has been receiving threats that appear to be linked to articles he wrote about resource exploitation and the construction of a liquid gas storage plant.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 15:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - "Los Zetas" gang allegedly behind threatening messages directed at the press]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/05/25/los_zetas_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The threats may be related to the media's coverage of a recent massacre of 29 peasants, believed to have been carried out by the criminal gang.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 16:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Two journalists killed in one week]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/05/25/found_dead/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Last week, a Guatemalan television journalist who had been repeatedly threatened for his reporting was found dead and a Venezuelan political journalist was gunned down, report the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 15:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Provincial TV journalist found dead]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/05/24/provincial_journalist_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Yensi Roberto Ordoñez Galdámez, a television journalist and teacher, had received threats in relation to his reporting.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 11:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalist receives threats, his brother attacked]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/02/07/de_leon_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Oscar de León has been receiving threats ever since he received a folder detailing accusations against the director of the Quetzaltenango Municipal Transport Police. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Two journalists assaulted during political event in Quiché]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2011/01/21/toledo_stitches/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jorge Toledo and Norman Rodas were assaulted by two members of the Partido Patriota (PP) communications team after a press conference at the party's headquarters.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalist threatened for publishing article on arms theft]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/11/30/sas_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Luis Ángel Sas has received death threats that make reference to an article he wrote about stolen army weapons that ended up in the hands of the Los Zetas crime group.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 14:43:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - CERIGUA demands inquiry into journalist's disappearance]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/11/23/donde_esta_alaide_foppa/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[On the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, Alaíde Foppa's family and human rights organisations will demand an inquiry into the writer's abduction thirty years ago.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 12:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalist tortured and killed]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/10/01/juarez_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Víctor Hugo Juárez was found murdered on 27 September 2010 and appeared to have been tortured and strangled.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Oct 2010 15:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalist robbed, threatened]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/09/30/del_cid_threat/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[After Marvin Del Cid Acevedo's apartment was robbed, the journalist says that he fears for his safety. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Shots fired at journalist's home]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/08/31/maaz_bol_shooting/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Several assailants fired 28 shots at journalist Edin Rodelmiro Maaz Bol's home in Cobán. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Villagers hold four journalists hostage during blockade]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/07/30/el_rosario_protest/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The journalists said they were concerned for their safety because protestors threatened to beat and lynch them and held them overnight.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/07/30/el_rosario_protest/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalist threatened, intimidated]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/06/30/acevedo_threatened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Martin del Cid Acevedo received a written message warning him that he would be killed. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:32:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/06/30/acevedo_threatened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalist shot in Guatemala City]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/04/12/valenzuela_herido/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Felipe Valenzuela was shot in the head during an attempted car robbery, but CERIGUA is not ruling out the possibility that the attack was related to his work as a journalist.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 17:15:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/04/12/valenzuela_herido/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalists, newspapers subject to smear campaign]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/04/09/campana_de_desprestigio/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Guatemala City mayor is allegedly behind the campaign to discredit three journalists and two newspapers after the journalists reported on irregularities in the way transit passes are issued. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 10:29:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/04/09/campana_de_desprestigio/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Daily newspaper harassed after publishing information about government programme
]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/03/05/la_hora_targeted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The editor of the daily "La Hora" accused the government of using intimidation tactics against the paper after it published a story about a programme that has been criticised for a lack of transparency.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/03/05/la_hora_targeted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Guatevisión denounces harassment of correspondents by government officials]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/03/05/guatevision_journalists_targeted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The assistant director of Guatevisión's news programme reported that two of the television station's correspondents have been threatened by members of the ruling party.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/03/05/guatevision_journalists_targeted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalist concerned for his safety after investigating allegations of nepotism]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/02/16/quiche_journalists_death_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Journalist Héctor López Cordero reported that he has been receiving threatening messages that he suspects are coming from supporters of Congressman Lester Reyna.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - IAPA applauds reopening of murder probe]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/02/12/carpio_case_reopened/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Jorge Carpio Nicolle, publisher of the newspaper "El Gráfico", was murdered on July 3, 1993.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2010/02/12/carpio_case_reopened/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Three journalists receive death threats after photographing criminals' arrest]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/12/18/zacapa_journalists_death_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The threats were issued after the journalists photographed National Police officers arresting two alleged extortionists who had killed a businessman.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 10:14:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/12/18/zacapa_journalists_death_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - APG expresses concern over president's comments against the media]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/11/25/press_bad_mouthed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The president criticised the press for its coverage of the construction of the Franja Transversal del Norte highway.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/11/25/press_bad_mouthed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalists under threat from crime groups]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/10/28/drug_trafficker_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Drug traffickers are on the hunt for journalists in Guatemala for reporting on the killing of three people, presumably by members of crime groups, reports Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/10/28/drug_trafficker_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Drug traffickers on lookout for journalists in Huehuetenango]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/10/26/drug_traffickers_searching_for_journalists/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Drug traffickers are on the look out for correspondents from several newspapers after they covered a crime story in the municipality of La Democracia, Huehuetenango.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/10/26/drug_traffickers_searching_for_journalists/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Two journalists receive death threats in Petén]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/08/27/mendez_death_threats/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Two journalists have received death threats, apparently for their coverage of an attack on the governor of Petén.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/08/27/mendez_death_threats/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - President of Alta Verapaz journalists' association targeted in bomb attack]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/08/27/maaz_bol_gasoline_attack/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Unidentified individuals left cans of gasoline and detonated homemade bombs in a journalist's home.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/08/27/maaz_bol_gasoline_attack/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - ARTICLE 19 calls on President to annul resolution which violates Access to Public Information Law]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/08/27/resolution_contradicts_public_info_law/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[ARTICLE 19 is concerned about the publication of a recent resolution by President Álvaro Colom that classifies as confidential files related to the communications of the Presidency.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/08/27/resolution_contradicts_public_info_law/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Publisher sentenced to one year in prison]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/08/14/figueroa-sarti_prison_sentence/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[WiPC protests the one-year prison sentence and fine handed down to publisher Raúl Figueroa-Sarti for alleged copyright infringement.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/08/14/figueroa-sarti_prison_sentence/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalist killed by unidentified assailant]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/06/10/estrada_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[TV reporter Marco Antonio Estrada was shot down in Chiquimula, Guatemala just as he was stepping off his motorcycle on 8 June, report the Journalists' Observatory of the Centro de Reportes Informativos sobre Guatemala (CERIGUA), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - TV reporter shot dead in eastern Guatemala]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/06/09/television_reporter_killed/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[An unidentified gunman shot and killed Guatemalan television reporter Marco Antonio Estrada in the eastern city of Chiquimula.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/06/09/television_reporter_killed/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Journalist threatened; another assaulted by leaders of teachers' union]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/06/01/lopez_threatened_journalist_assaulted/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[José Fredy López, CERIGUA's correspondent in the department of Izabal, was threatened by the president of the Andes Development Association. In a separate incident, teachers assaulted a photojournalist for the daily "Prensa Libre".]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/06/01/lopez_threatened_journalist_assaulted/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Two suspects detained in murder of journalist Rolando Santis]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/04/16/suspects_santis_murder/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rolfi Antonio López, 20, and Estuardo Pirir, 19, are being held as suspects in the 1 April 2009 murder of Rolando Santis, a journalist employed by privately-owned TV station Telecentro. ]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:11:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/04/16/suspects_santis_murder/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Television reporter Rolando Santiz murdered, photographer Juan Antonio de León Villatoro wounded]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/04/03/television_reporter_rolando_santiz/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CERIGUA/IFEX) - Television reporter Rolando Santiz de León, of the Canal 13 news programme "Telecentro Trece&quot;, was killed and his cameraman, Juan Antonio de León Villatoro, was shot three times by unidentified individuals on 1 April 2009 as they were returning from covering a story.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:30:10 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/04/03/television_reporter_rolando_santiz/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Wife of special prosecutor for human rights kidnapped, tortured following publication of report on human rights abuses]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/04/01/wife_of_special_prosecutor_for/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(ARTICLE 19/IFEX) - The following is an ARTICLE 19 press release:]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2009 13:50:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/04/01/wife_of_special_prosecutor_for/</guid>
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      <title><![CDATA[Guatemala - Director of CERIGUA warns of possible actions against the organisation]]></title>
      <link>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/03/09/director_of_cerigua_warns_of_possible/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[(CERIGUA/IFEX) - CERIGUA's director, Ileana Alamilla, has warned of several incidents that the organisation has taken note of that could be part of a plan to undermine freedom of expression.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:41:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>http://www.ifex.org/guatemala/2009/03/09/director_of_cerigua_warns_of_possible/</guid>
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