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• Trip Report from Guatemala Embassy in Washington, DC

Fernando de la Cerda has returned from Guatemala and is back at his position at the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington, DC. He reports to the Guatemala900 that he attended a meeting with the following entities to specifically discuss the grandfathered adoption cases :
• PGN (Gladys Giron, Deputy Attorney General)
• CNA (Elizabeth de Larios, Director)
• MP
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• G900 Press Release : U.S. Members of Congress Ask Guatemala President Alvaro Colom For Assistance on Stalled Adoptions.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE :

U.S. Members of Congress Ask Guatemala President Alvaro Colom For Assistance on Stalled Adoptions.

Seventy-six US Senators and Members of Congress have penned a letter asking President Colom and three other high-ranking Guatemalan officials for prompt action on approximately 400 stalled adoption cases. The adoptions to American families have been in process [...]

• 73 Congressional Signatures!

Our final Congressional signature count for the letter that will be heading to Guatemala is 73! What an amazing endeavor — great work all of you Guatemala900 families, friends, and supporters!
We will post a final, signed copy of the letter once we have it.
Thanks again to Senators Lautenberg, Boxer, and Feingold for taking the initiative [...]

• On the Radio : Guatemala900

Members of the Guatemala900 were on the “Adoption : Journey to Motherhood” radio show today!
A huge “Gracias” to Kathleen Strottman of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption for her support on the show as well.
Click here to download the mp3 file of the show. The Guatemala900 segment starts 31 minutes into the show.

• Final Push for Congressional Signatures!

We are excited to report that at the close of business on Friday we now have 57 Congressional signatures for the letter that will be headed to Guatemala!
We still have time to add many more signatures, the deadline is the end of day tomorrow, June 15th.
If your representatives are not on the list of signers [...]

• Deadline Extended to Tuesday, June 15!

The deadline for Congressional signatures is now Tuesday June 15th close of business. If you Reps are not on the following list of signers, contact them immediately!!
Senate:
Lautenberg,Menendez (NJ)
Boxer,Feinstein (CA)
Feingold, Kohl (WI)
Casey, Specter (PA)
Landrieu (LA)
Levin,Stabenow (MO)
Brownback (KS)
Mikulski, Cardin (MD)
Murray (WA)
Baucus (MT)
Kerry (MA)
Lieberman (CT)
Sherrod Brown (OH)
Franken (MN)
Durbin (IL)
Gillibrand (NY)
Grassley (IA)
Voinovich (OH)
Lincoln (AR)
McCaskill (MO)
House:
Rep Tammy Baldwin (WI-02)
Rep Rick [...]

• Call to Action : Final Push for Signatures!

We are in the final push for Congressional Representative signatures for the letter that will be headed to Guatemala later this week.
DEADLINE for signatures is the end of the day on June 10, 2010.
We are on a roll but need more signatures!
If you representative is not on this list PLEASE call them ASAP and ask [...]

• Call to Action : Letter to Guatemala from Senators Lautenberg (NJ), Boxer (CA), and Feingold (WI)

Senators Frank Lautenberg (NJ), Barbara Boxer (CA), and Russ Feingold (WI) have co-authored a letter to several of the top-level positions in Guatemala that deal with the Guatemala900 adoption cases. The letter respectfully requests the Guatemalan government take steps to institute a transparent and predictable process for all pending adoption cases. This letter will [...]

• Guatemala900 Press Release

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Click here to download this Press Release as a PDF file.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Over 400 innocent children languish for over 2 years, unjustly detained in Guatemalan orphanages, while their U.S. Families fight a desperate battle for U.S. Government intervention.
May 9, 2010 marked the third Mother’s Day, at a minimum, for hundreds of families awaiting the homecoming [...]

• In the News : El Periodico (Guatemala) - “370 Children Living in Limbo”

370 children living in limbo
At least 370 cases of Guatemalan children who were to be adopted by foreigners have been stuck for over two years. The majority have lived in several orphanages and are pending a court decision. In the United States, there is a push for the process to complete. In Guatemala as well. [...]

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