Jubilation, dread as page turns on Mayan calendar

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

Thousands of people were expected to flock to the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza in Mexico before daybreak on Friday – some to hail the start of a new Mayan era, others to bid farewell to the world.

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Latin Americans rank as happiest people on planet

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Báo Dân Trí English 5 month(s) ago

Latin Americans rank as happiest people on planet

The world's happiest people aren't in Qatar, the richest country by most measures. They aren't in Japan, the nation with the highest life expectancy. Canada, with its chart-topping percentage of college graduates, doesn't make the top 10.

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Maya apocalypse and Star Wars collide in Guatemalan temple

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Báo Tuổi Trẻ English 5 month(s) ago

Maya apocalypse and Star Wars collide in Guatemalan temple

At the center of the rebel base where Luke Skywalker took off to destroy the Death Star and save his people from the clutches of Darth Vader, Guatemala is preparing for another momentous event: the end of an age for the Maya.

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Guatemala Nobel winner criticises 'doomsday' hysteria

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VietNam News English 5 month(s) ago

Rigoberta Menchu, the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize winner, is unhappy about the commercial hype over the supposed ancient Maya predictions of an end of the world on December 21.

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Sympathy to Guatemala

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VietNam News English 6 month(s) ago 1 related news

President Truong Tan Sang yesterday sent a message of sympathies to President of Guatemala Otto Perez Molina over the human and material losses caused by the powerful earthquake on Wednesday.

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Sympathies to Guatemala

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VietnamPlus English 6 month(s) ago 1 duplicate news 1 related news

President Truong Tan Sang on November 9 sent his sympathies to President of Guatemala Otto Perez Molina over the human and material losses caused by the powerful earthquake on November 7.

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Powerful quake hits Guatemala, killing at least 48

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Powerful quake hits Guatemala, killing at least 48

Residents and rescue workers use heavy equipment to look for people feared buried at a sand mine, after a magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck in San Marcos, Guatemala, Wednesday. (Image: AP)

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Strong earthquake off Guatemala kills at least 48

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Strong earthquake off Guatemala kills at least 48

A strong earthquake off the coast of Guatemala killed at least 48 people and trapped others under rubble on Wednesday, crushing homes and cars, destroying roads and forcing evacuations as far away as Mexico City.

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Strong earthquake off Guatemala kills at least 48

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Strong earthquake off Guatemala kills at least 48

A strong earthquake off the coast of Guatemala killed at least 48 people and trapped others under rubble on Wednesday, crushing homes and cars, destroying roads and forcing evacuations as far away as Mexico City.

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Guatemala quake kills 39, injures 155

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VietNam News English 7 month(s) ago 2 related news

A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Guatemala on Wednesday, killing at least 39 people, injuring another 155 and destroying scores of homes.

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Mediterranean cuisine at Papagayo Restaurant

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SaigonTimes English 7 month(s) ago

Mediterranean cuisine at Papagayo Restaurant

I wasn’t sure what the meaning of the name of this restaurant meant but a quick Google search revealed that “A papagayo, also spelled popogaio, is a violent northeasterly fall (autumn) wind on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua and Guatemala.” This new restaurant “Papagayo” is certainly not located in that vicinity but in Thao Dien and its large yellow signage at the gate makes it easily identifiable as the taxi cruises down Tran Ngoc Dien.

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Latin American leaders plead for new ideas in drug war

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VietNam News English 8 month(s) ago

Latin American leaders at ground zero of the war on drugs called for a new approach on Wednesday, saying the current drive to crush powerful cartels has failed to reduce consumption.

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Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupts, thousands evacuate

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VietNam News English 9 month(s) ago

Guatemala – A series of powerful eruptions of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire blanketed villages in dense clouds of ash, and prompted evacuation orders for over 33,000 people.

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Strong earthquake shakes El Salvador

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Báo Dân Trí English 9 month(s) ago

A strong 7.3 earthquake shook an area in the Pacific Ocean off El Salvador early Monday, prompting a brief tsunami warning for the region that was later lifted, US officials said.

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Women's murder rate skyrocketing in Honduras

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VietNam News English 10 month(s) ago

Women are being murdered in Honduras – already deemed the world's deadliest country by the United Nations – at a skyrocketing rate, according to figures released Sunday.

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