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Update on Child Abduction for Adoption from Guatemala: New Court Ruling

Karen Smith Rotabi, Richmond, Virginia (USA)

On 29 July of 2011, Loyda Rodriguez finally received a court order from Guatemalan courts ruling her daughter’s intercountry adoption to be illegal (more…)

Guatemala City: Hunger Protests Amid Allegations of Child Kidnapping and Adoption Fraud

Karen Smith Rotabi, Richmond, Virginia (USA)

At the end of July, 2009 a hunger strike ended after 15 days of protests over the alleged kidnappings of three daughters who are believed to be living in the USA with their adoptive families. (more…)

NIH Center of Excellence created at ASU School of Social Work

$7.1 million earmarked for minority health research

Phoenix – The Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center (SIRC) at Arizona State University’s School of Social Work is the recipient of a five-year, $7.1 million grant from The National Institutes of Health (NIH). (more…)