Quality Coffee Revives Guatemala's Economy
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Growing demand for top-quality coffee has helped boost the industry in Central America.
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Jose Contreras scored in the 69th minute to give Guatemala a 1-0 victory over El Salvador in the first round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup yesterday in Carson, Calif.
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GUILDERLAND, NY Socially conscious consumers have made fair trade brews a rapidly growing niche of the coffee market. The beans can now be found on supermarket shelves next to the Folgers and in the espresso at Dunkin&#39; Donuts.
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New findings are some of the first strong evidence that the ancient Maya civilization had a market economy similar in some respects to societies today.
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Advocates for small farms aim to parlay success of coffee sales to other consumer food staples. By Michael Hill. Mark Van Wormer is a fair trade coffee guy.
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The United States plans to rejoin the international body that regulates the global coffee trade. Assistant Secretary of State Anthony Wayne will make the formal announcement Wednesday, the State Department said in a statement.
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A young, up-market coffee and sandwich chain has used a steady sales rise and promising economic growth in host countries Poland, Latvia and the Czech Republic to defend its policy of working at a loss to ...
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Laid-off Brazilian factory workers have their jobs back, Nicaraguan farmers are getting low-interest loans, and Bolivian mayors can afford new health clinics, all thanks to the Venezuelan president, Hugo Ch&#xE1;vez.
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Our South American neighbor expands its production of ethanol and biodiesel. Partnering with Brazil would benefit the economy of a democracy and clean our skies. In Autopia.
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A Spanish study has found coffee, known as a source of anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds, also contains high levels of soluble dietary fiber.  Fulgencio Saura-Calixto and M.
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Traffickers prefer Guatemala, where the radar is spotty and the government is largely unable to stop the flights carrying U.S. bound drugs.
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NEBAJ, Guatemala -- A decade after the conclusion of the long civil war that ravaged this Central American nation, Guatemalans are literally trying to dig up their past.
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Better nutrition not only helps small boys grow up taller and stronger but can boost earning power, a long-term study in Guatemala showed on Friday, with the researchers saying childhood feeding would help reduce poverty.
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By Scully, Carla Zanetos  Winans  By jumping on the gourmet coffee trend, Piqua, Ohio-based Winans Fine Chocolates and Coffees quickly attracted a new clientele, one that spurred growth and eventual franchising.
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GUATEMALA CITY, Dec 22 (IPS/IFEJ) - "Before, we didn't know how to market the  coffee, or who would buy it in other countries, all we knew about  was planting and harvesting," says Guatemalan coffee grower  Pablo PÃ©rez.
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Colombian coffee icon Juan Valdez will  lead his country's growers' federation into Manhattan on  Tuesday to open its first New York coffee shop, and market  watchers are wondering whether the challenge to Starbucks Corp.  will amount to a hill of beans.
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While the market in Central and South America is growing faster than the U.S., Asia, and most of Europe, it still faces some challenges that need to be overcome.