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F – M | NJBIZ In the Lead 2025: Family-Owned Businesses
Julio and Marty Gillis. – PROVIDED BY THE GILLS ORGANIZATION Gillis Organization Gillis Organization runs 15 McDonald’s locations across the state, led by Julio Morgan Gillis, a second-generation McDonald’s operator, and his mother, Marty Gillis....
Ambassador of Guatemala to Belize departs after two-year term
Views: 0 Views: 0 Posted: Saturday, October 18, 2025. 11:02 pm CST. Photo Credit: LOVE FM By Aaron Humes: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade bid farewell to Carlos Alberto Reyes García, the outgoing Ambassador of the Republic of...
Guatemala expected to see record growth in money sent from abroad
Oct. 16 (UPI) -- Money sent home from abroad to Guatemala could see record growth in 2025, surpassing $24.5 billion, according to statistics from Guatemala's central bank. The figure would represent a 14% increase compared with 2024. Between...
Two-Year Refugee Deal Raises Questions About Belize-U.S. Relations
On Tuesday, Belize’s Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca inked a new deal with the United States, one that’s stirring up plenty of questions. The agreement, which will run for two years, is designed to strengthen refugee protections and ensure safe,...
Trump Used Her Daughter's Photo in Immigration Speech — Now This Mum Is Fighting Back: 'She Wouldn't Stand for This'
When Donald Trump displayed a photo of 24-year-old Katie Abraham during a 26 June immigration speech at the White House, it was meant to symbolise his administration's tough stance on illegal immigration. But for Katie's mother, Denise Lorence,...
From curiosity to creative entrepreneurship: UNM alum Efraín Villa’s global journey
When Efraín Villa packed his bags for an international business law course in the United Kingdom, he didn’t know the trip would alter the course of his life. The Albuquerque native, who had grown up camping in New Mexico but hadn’t yet traveled...
Los nuevos datos confirman el aumento de las detenciones por parte de ICE, y las leyes más estrictas hacen que permanecer en el país sea una «batalla cuesta arriba»
Conforme la administración Trump avanza con su compromiso de reforzar las acciones de control migratorio y aduanero, los datos publicados recientemente revelan que ha ido en aumento el número de arrestos en los condados de Pitkin, Eagle y...
Guatemala minister ousted after gang members' jail break
Guatemala's president on Wednesday ousted his interior minister and two other officials after 20 members of the Barrio 18 gang, designated a "foreign terrorist organization" by the United States, escaped from prison. In a televised address,...
The Old Nashville Encyclopedia
In 2013, The New York Times’ Kim Severson wrote a story under the headline “Nashville’s Latest Big Hit Could Be the City Itself,” deeming us “the nation’s ‘it’ city.” Though Nashvillians didn’t know it at the time, that profile became a sort of...
La verdad detrás de la etiqueta “Hecho en Guatemala” de tu ropa
Por Stefano Pozzebon. Video por Lali Houghton, Ladan Anoushfar, Estefanía Rodríguez, CNN Con el refrescante aire matutino, los trabajadores salen de sus hogares en las afueras y se apresuran hacia los edificios industriales que bordean las...
Guatemala Backlash Grows after Escape of Imprisoned Gang Members
The escape of 20 “high-risk” gang members from a prison has sparked a political crisis in Guatemala, with criticism of President Bernardo Arévalo and calls for the resignation of the security minister. Authorities revealed on Sunday that inmates...
The truth behind your clothing’s ‘made in Guatemala’ label
CNN By Stefano Pozzebon. Video by Lali Houghton, Ladan Anoushfar, Estefania Rodriguez, CNN Guatemala City (CNN) — In the bracing morning air, workers leave their homes in the outer suburbs and hurry toward the industrial buildings lining the...
CNN Investigation Uncovers Labor Abuses in Guatemala’s Garment Factories
CNN’s investigation into Guatemala reveals the truth behind the ‘made in Guatemala’ label on clothing. The bulk of global production is concentrated in the so-called maquilas – factories located near the capital. Workers – mostly women of varying...
Guatemala hunde a El Salvador y recupera la esperanza
Por EFE La selección de Guatemala derrotó a domicilio a la de El Salvador por 0-1 este martes y recuperó opciones matemáticas para luchar por un cupo en el Mundial de 2026 en el Grupo A de las eliminatorias de la Concacaf. Guatemala suma 5 puntos...
Trump is coming for Venezuela
America’s foreign policy appears to have been turned upside down. In the Middle East and Far East, which have consumed most of America’s defence planning energy over the last few decades, trade wars and diplomatic negotiations have replaced shows...
Business United Press International Chile, Brazil lead AI development in Latin America, report says
Oct. 14 (UPI) -- Chile topped the Latin American Artificial Intelligence Index 2025 for the second consecutive year with 70.5 points, followed by Brazil with 67.3 and Uruguay with 62.3 in a ranking that evaluates AI development in 19 countries...
Reimagining Commercial Underwriting in the Age of AI
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“For how much longer will Guatemala ignore the potential that its demographic dividend presents for economic growth and the future for its youth?”
Almost three decades have gone by since the end of the civil war in Guatemala (1960-1996), but widespread precarious employment, particularly affecting younger people, continues to cloud the prospects for much of the population, as it did for...
Guatemalan Congress called to approve anti-gang reforms
In a press conference from the National Palace of Culture, the headquarters of the Executive Branch, the Minister explained that these reforms to the law are operational tools in the Penal Code, in other regulations, and in the creation of...
Corporate Leadership: How To Benefit From Lived Experience
Mural depicting former South African President Nelson Mandela and Nobel Peace Prize laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai in Montevideo on March 26, 2025. (Photo by Eitan ABRAMOVICH / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY...