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		<title>Education Campaigns Fight Prejudice in Guatemala</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/01/education-campaigns-to-fight-prejudice-in-guatemala/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HarrietteRWI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst I have written about the issue of inequality and prejudice in Guatemala before now, I find that the more I learn about the country, the harder it is to avoid recognising the extent of this issue as an obstacle to its development. Despite existing gender-related legislation to encourage equality, this legislation is apparently being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maestros Cien Puntos &#8211; Recognising Guatemala&#8217;s Top Teachers</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/12/maestros-cien-puntos-recognising-guatemalas-top-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/12/maestros-cien-puntos-recognising-guatemalas-top-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HarrietteRWI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In November this year, the Maestros Cien Puntos Prize was awarded to ten Guatemalan teachers in recognition of their outstanding service to education in Guatemala in the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura. Previous winners attended the ceremony along with other education officials and sponsors of the scheme. The award assesses innovation in teaching and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gender Inequality in Guatemala</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/11/gender-inequality-in-guatemala/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/11/gender-inequality-in-guatemala/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:37:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HarrietteRWI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not so long ago, I wrote about the recently released HDI report and briefly touched upon some of the figures regarding education in Guatemala, which showed that only 15.6% of Guatemala’s female population are educated to at least secondary school level, compared to 21% of males. These figures have played on my mind ever since. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reclaiming Authority in Latin America</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/11/reclaiming-authority-in-latin-america/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/11/reclaiming-authority-in-latin-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HarrietteRWI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/?p=1568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A quote this week caught my eye. Angelo Campos, a Brazilian graffiti artist and T-Shirt designer, has said that “what is really needed in the long term is more education.&#8221; It might surprise you to read that Angelo is a largely uneducated resident of the favela in Rio de Janeiro. This quote came in response to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bienvenido Presidente Perez Molina</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/11/bienvenido-presidente-perez-molina/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/11/bienvenido-presidente-perez-molina/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarieRWI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[indigenous]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/?p=1542</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Sunday, the people of Guatemala turned out in record numbers to elect Otto Perez Molina as the newest president of the country. As formerly noted in the RWI blog, the November 6 run-off election took place after initial elections in September. Both elections featured exceptionally high voter turn out, especially among women and youth. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guatemala in HD&#8230;I</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/11/guatemala-in-hd-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2011 21:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HarrietteRWI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first blog for Roots and Wings International will hopefully mark a long-term involvement with an organisation which promotes a cause close to my heart. Not only do I wish to share what I already know and encourage interaction with communities that rarely have an opportunity to have its voice heard, I also wish to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Billion Reasons</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/11/7-billion-reasons/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/11/7-billion-reasons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MarieRWI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RWI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The world population topped seven billion people this week. For most of us, seven billion is an unfathomable number – easier to think of as grains of sand on a beach than human lives sharing the same planet. Western culture, in all of its individualistic tendencies, often hinders us from thinking of humanity as one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going for the Gold in Guadalajara: Estefany Cruz</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/10/going-for-the-gold-in-guadalajara-estefany-cruz/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/10/going-for-the-gold-in-guadalajara-estefany-cruz/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 19:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jazmine Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/?p=1495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Although she seems like any normal college student, Estefany M. Cruz Perez is something of a celebrity in Guatemala. That’s because the Guatemala City native broke the national triple jump record last summer and will be representing Guatemala in the triple jump at the XVI Pan-American Games this Friday, October 27th. Cruz is no stranger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A War on Corruption</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/06/a-war-on-corruption/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/06/a-war-on-corruption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 17:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick McGrady</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/?p=1171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A coworker once told me, “Every single problem we have in Central America—poverty, crime, corruption, violence, economic trouble—is a direct result of drug trafficking.”  That seems overly simplified, but may be more truthful than a lot of people would like to think.  Ending the drug problem would end probably 90 percent of the corruption right [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charter Cities in Central America</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/06/charter-cities-in-central-america/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/06/charter-cities-in-central-america/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:25:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick McGrady</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/?p=1156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A charter city, as described here on their website, is a city-scale special reform zone.  Countries can play one of three roles in chartering a city: the host is the country providing land, the source is what country the inhabitants come from, and the guarantor is the country that enforces the charter to make sure [...]]]></description>
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