[NYTr] EU to Send Obervers to Guatemala; Candidate Praises Cuban Doctors
 
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:19:28 -0500 (CDT)


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EU Observers to Guatemalan Elections

Guatemala, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) The European Union, among other
institutions, will monitor the elections in Guatemala, where this
campaign is considered the most violent since democracy was restored.

Forty-six EU officials are an advance party of the 100-strong mission
invited by the government that will meet with, among others, election
officials and candidates to the September 9 ballot.

Jose Antonio de Gabriel, second chief of the mission, said they will
cover all 22 departments with support from a security escort
coordinated by the Interior Ministry.

The Organization of American States, el Mirador Electoral, San Carlos
University and other government bodies will also monitor the election
of a president, vice president, legislators and municipal authorities.

The EU mission has voiced concern at the violence reported during the
campaign, which according to humanitarian organizations, has reached 42
dead so far.

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Guatemalan Presidential Candidate Praises Cuban Docs' Labor

by Carmen Esquivel

Guatemala, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) Alvaro Colom, favorite candidate to
win the Guatemalan presidency, praised Tuesday the labor carried out by
a group of Cuban physicians in distant communities of this country.

"I have seen them here working and I think this is a praiseworthy and
solidarity labor to the Guatemalan people," Colom told Prensa Latina.

The presidential aspirant for the National Unity of Hope stated that if
winning, he will maintain the cooperation programs between the two
countries.

The UNE candidate bases his government plan on four main issues:
generation of jobs, fighting poverty, increase production and
governability.

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