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What is Going on with the Central Authority?
Susana Luarca’s latest blog has caused panic in the Guatemalan adoption community. According to her, the new registration process with the Central Authority is just not taking place. In my last blog, I...
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Changing Forms, DOS and USCIS Statements, Adoption Agency Responsibilities
As Susana Luarca reported in her last update on ADA, the registration forms for in-process adoptions have changed; here is a copy to view. This must be driving the attorneys crazy and that may actually...
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The Status of Inter-Country Adoption from Guatemala
It’s been some time since the Guatemala Blog has been updated and since our last post, adoptions from Guatemala have gone through a number of dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking changes. At this time...
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Guatemala 900 Faces Temporary Halt
Recently, someone asked me the following question: “What do you even write about for the Guatemalan blog at AdoptionBlogs.com, seeing how Guatemala is closed for adoptions?” Well, if you’ve been...
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Guatemala Reopening International Adoptions
This morning, a routine check of one of my favorite sites, Guatemala 900, produced the following breaking information: Guatemalan officials on Friday announced the resumption of international adoptions...
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Guatemala 900 Launches Two Day Mass Email/Phone Campaign
The Guatemala 900 is requesting your help today and tomorrow. “This is”, according to their site, “the most urgent cry for your love and support (they) have ever put out.” As I’ve mentioned in past...
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U.S. Department of State Submits Letter of Intent
When I first started writing for the Guatemala blog here at AdoptionBlogs, there wasn’t really much groundbreaking information to report, seeing how Guatemala had been (and still remains) closed to...
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Guatemala Pushes for DNA Tests for Kids Adopted in the U.S.
If you’ve been reading the Guatemala blog for the past few months, the name Olga Lopez might ring a bell. On September 1, 2, and 3 of this year, I participated in (and consequently blogged about) Three...
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Update on Adoptions in Guatemala
This being my final post of the year, I wanted to include several noteworthy elements about Guatemala and Guatemalan adoptions. First and foremost, The Office of Children’s Issues, US Department of...
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Youngest Volunteer Connects With His Cultural Heritage
Bryan, youngest of all our Adopt-a-Village volunteers, is a six-year old Guatemalan-born boy who lives with his American family in South Carolina. Though small in size, he is big in raising funds to...
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