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Long polishing process must be perfect for tranSglass bottles as artisan checks his work. From Rubbish to Radiance: The Birth of High-End Handcrafted Art in Guatemala

TIME magazine caught up with the tranSglass™ collection of glassware in its Winter 2005 Style supplement. MoMA, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, has the tranSglass™ in their prestigious permanent collection and retails the collectible art in its gift stores. tranSglass™ exemplifies the beauty of an alliance that was made to be and built to last. Read more

 

Assistant Administrator Adolfo Franco Addresses Caribbean-Central America Action Conference on Trade Capacity Building
Assistant Administrator Adolfo Franco speaks at the Caribbean Central America Action (CCCA) 29th Annual Conference

USAID continues to forge a close relationship through trade capacity building with the "third border" countries of the Caribbean and Central America, Assistant Administrator Adolfo Franco told a major conference of Caribbean and Central American Action on Wednesday, December 7 in Miami. Read more

 

Aid to Schools Helps Children Read, Develop
A teacher works with a remedial student at the St. Margaret’s Human Resource Center in Kingston.

ST. JAMES, Jamaica—Salt Marsh Primary School is the pride and joy of this community, some 10 miles from Montego Bay, since its third graders dramatically improved their reading skills over the past year. Read more

 

Mexican Farmers Learn New Irrigation Methods
Rosaura Diaz Aquino, one of the Oaxaca farmers benefiting from new irrigation systems, stands among her crops. POAXACA, Mexico—Two years ago, farmers here wanted to build new wells and expand their fields. They took their request to Mexico’s National Water Commission and were turned down. They were told that the groundwater level in the valley was depleted—too low because of drought and inefficient water use. Read more
 

Guatemalan Weavers Find New Markets
Chorti women weave bottle sleeves for Zacapa Centenario rum. To help some of the thousands of farmers who went broke after coffee prices collapsed between 2001 and 2004, about 400 women are earning income by hand-weaving bottle.
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Farmers Switch to Pineapples that Withstand Hurricane Winds and Rains
Jamaican farmer Outie Auchope loads his pineapple crop in Ginger Hill, St. Elizabeth, MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica—Pineapples are growing big and healthy for the first time on Silas Coley’s land in Westmoreland, about an hour’s drive from this tourist haven. Read more
 

Restorative Justice Principles Adopted in Colombia
Jamaican farmer Outie Auchope loads his pineapple crop in Ginger Hill, St. Elizabeth,
Source: The Synergos Institute		 Colombia is working to overcome nearly 50 years of conflict that escalated in the 1990s as a result of the drug-trafficking trade. Based on a negotiated peace process the Colombian Government must now reintegrate former Paramilitary as well as members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) into society and incorporate conflict mitigation mechanisms into its institutions to support it. Read more

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