<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Adoption.com News</title><link>http://news.adoption.com</link><description>Adoption.com News</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:25:22 +0000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 03:25:22 +0000</lastBuildDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Guatemala: Stolen Girl Tied to Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-stolen-girl-tied-to-adoption</link><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 14:24:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-stolen-girl-tied-to-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Adoption officials said DNA tests indicated that a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by an American couple. Jaime Tecu, director of a team of experts reviewing...]]></description></item><item><title>Riding White-Knuckle Adoption Roller Coaster</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/riding-white-knuckle-adoption-roller-coaster</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:06:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/riding-white-knuckle-adoption-roller-coaster</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Tucsonans Tom and Liliana Stevens dreamed of opening their hearts and home to an orphan from an impoverished country. They didn't realize that dream would become a nightmare. Since 2005, the...]]></description></item><item><title>FW Adoption Agency Sends Volunteers to Guatemala</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/fw-adoption-agency-sends-volunteers-to-guatemala</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:46:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/fw-adoption-agency-sends-volunteers-to-guatemala</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A Fort Worth adoption agency took a team of volunteers to Guatemala in the midst of an adoption freeze that has North Texas parents awaiting the chance to unite with their adopted children....]]></description></item><item><title>Waiting Worth Long Adoption Process</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/waiting-worth-long-adoption-process</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:31:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/waiting-worth-long-adoption-process</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Ricardo and Holli Aparicio know first hand what it is to wait. It took nearly two years for the adoption of their first daughter from Guatemala to finalize. Holli is a Wahpeton native and daughter...]]></description></item><item><title>US Couple Almost Adopted Stolen Guatemalan Baby</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/us-couple-almost-adopted-stolen-guatemalan-baby</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:29:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/us-couple-almost-adopted-stolen-guatemalan-baby</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For 14 months, Ana Escobar studied the tiny fingers of every passing baby, searching for a girl with pinkies that curved gracefully outward, just like those of her missing daughter....]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemalan Baby Trade Means Trouble for Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-baby-trade-means-trouble-for-adoptions</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:40:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-baby-trade-means-trouble-for-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In Guatemala, recent DNA tests confirmed what’s long been suspected: babies are being stolen and put up for adoption by corrupt state agencies. Gunmen stole Ana Escobar’s six-month-old...]]></description></item><item><title>International Adoption Reveals its Dark Side</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/international-adoption-reveals-its-dark-side</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:33:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/international-adoption-reveals-its-dark-side</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[International adoptions are raising some serious concerns as a disturbing story has revealed its dark side. Each year, several thousand Americans adopt children from...]]></description></item><item><title>Meth, Adoption, Deportation</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/meth-adoption-deportation</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 14:41:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/meth-adoption-deportation</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Erlene Shepherd was one of those women who is going to save the world - one sponsored child in Guatemala, one stray cat at a time. Before she died of breast cancer in 1991, Shepherd adopted eight...]]></description></item><item><title>DNA Tests Provide First Confirmation of Stolen Baby: Guatemala</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/dna-tests-provide-first-confirmation-of-stolen-baby-guatemala</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:27:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/dna-tests-provide-first-confirmation-of-stolen-baby-guatemala</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Adoption officials said Wednesday that DNA tests indicate a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by a U.S. couple, the first strong sign that the Central American...]]></description></item><item><title>Three Belleville Families Adopt Boys from Guatemala</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/three-belleville-families-adopt-boys-from-guatemala</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:48:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/three-belleville-families-adopt-boys-from-guatemala</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Last winter, Joelle and Mark Hines were preparing to adopt a baby from Guatemala. So were Marisa and Roger Albers and Kay and Butch Caldwell. The three Belleville couples live...]]></description></item><item><title>Sterility in Adoption; I'm an Emotional Wreck</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/sterility-in-adoption-im-an-emotional-wreck</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:39:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/sterility-in-adoption-im-an-emotional-wreck</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For the first time yesterday I felt very distant from my second son. He is still in Guatemala with his foster mother so he is, in reality, very distant from us. However, as I waited for over...]]></description></item><item><title>An Agonizing Choice, Forced Again</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/an-agonizing-choice-forced-again</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:15:16 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/an-agonizing-choice-forced-again</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The 24-year-old Guatemalan mother had already given up her baby once. Now, months later, the baby girl was back in her lap, smiling and playing with her mother's fingers. And Karen Donis...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Moms Tell US Return Kids</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-moms-tell-us-return-kids</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:12:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-moms-tell-us-return-kids</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Guatemalan mothers are staging a sit-in in front of the US embassy in this capital to demand the return of their daughters given up irregularly or adoption to couples from...]]></description></item><item><title>Colleyville Family Caught in Guatemala’s Adoption Red Tape</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/-4021</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:40:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/-4021</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Isabella Dudding wants her sister to come home. The 2-year-old Colleyville girl has never met her sibling — 1-year-old Sienna, living in a Guatemalan orphanage — but she knows she...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Repeats the Anguish of Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-repeats-the-anguish-of-adoptions</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:48:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-repeats-the-anguish-of-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The 24-year-old Guatemalan mother had given up her baby once. Now, months later, the infant daughter was back in her lap, smiling and playing with her mother's fingers. And Karen Donis...]]></description></item><item><title>To Adopt, Please Press Hold</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/to-adopt-please-press-hold</link><pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:18:40 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/to-adopt-please-press-hold</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[John and Julie Casserly, both lawyers in St. Paul, have been waiting 11 months to complete the adoption of a Guatemalan girl whom they have named Ruby Rosario. But they say they are afraid to...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Annuls 15 Adoption Cases</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-annuls-15-adoption-cases</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 14:42:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-annuls-15-adoption-cases</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Guatemala's attorney general said Wednesday he has annulled 15 pending adoptions to U.S. couples after finding evidence of fraud or other irregularities. Attorney General Baudilio Portillo...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Probe Spurs N. Texas Adoption Fears</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-probe-spurs-n-texas-adoption-fears</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 14:31:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-probe-spurs-n-texas-adoption-fears</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A North Texas mother's dream has been yanked away by a political nightmare that is halting Guatemalan baby adoptions.  Jacki is among 2,000 other American mothers-to-be who feel...]]></description></item><item><title>Ex-trustee in Court Over Adoption Fraud</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/ex-trustee-in-court-over-adoption-fraud</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 14:53:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/ex-trustee-in-court-over-adoption-fraud</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The lawyer representing an Erie woman accused of bilking several would-be parents out of tens of thousands of dollars told a judge Monday police have no evidence she did anything wrong....]]></description></item><item><title>Being a Mom is More than Biology</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/being-a-mom-is-more-than-biology</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 14:44:28 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/being-a-mom-is-more-than-biology</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[While I was in the process of adopting my daughter from Guatemala, I began following certain forums and websites dealing specifically with adoption. Since bringing Marla home, I have continued to...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemalan Held in Illegal Adoption Case</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-held-in-illegal-adoption-case</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:20:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-held-in-illegal-adoption-case</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The sister of a Guatemalan congressman was charged Wednesday with running an illegal adoption ring after police found nine children in her home. Police raided Rosalina Rivera's house...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Halts Foreign Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-halts-foreign-adoptions</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:56:56 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-halts-foreign-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The authorities in Guatemala have suspended the adoption of some 2,300 children by foreigners for at least a month to check for irregularities. Officials said each case would be reviewed...]]></description></item><item><title>Family's Long Wait for Guatemalan Adoption is Finally Over</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/familys-long-wait-for-guatemalan-adoption-is-finally-over</link><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:49:54 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/familys-long-wait-for-guatemalan-adoption-is-finally-over</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A local family's long wait for an adoption is finally over. But for the Bharucha family, the 18-month long adoption process was worth the wait. Eight-month-old Gustavo Bharucha was...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemalan Adoptions Put on Hold Due to Legislation</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-adoptions-put-on-hold-due-to-legislation</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:46:58 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-adoptions-put-on-hold-due-to-legislation</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Shawn and Renee Reinfried of Lititz brought 6-month-old Samuel home from Guatemala in mid-March. Shortly after, they were followed by Greg and Melissa Shumante of Reading, who brought...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Adoption Agency Lawyers on Trial in 'Human Trafficking' Case</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-adoption-agency-lawyers-on-trial-in-human-trafficking-case</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:31:44 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-adoption-agency-lawyers-on-trial-in-human-trafficking-case</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Lawyers for Guatemalan adoption agency Casa Quivira [agency website] have been charged with human trafficking [JURIST news archive] as a result of irregularities discovered...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemalan Adoptions Suspended by Overseas Crack-Down</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-adoptions-suspended-by-overseas-crack-down</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:43:10 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-adoptions-suspended-by-overseas-crack-down</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Since 2003, Guatemala has been attempting to upgrade its controversial intercountry adoption system, which has operated under a cloud of suspicion in recent years. In 2005, the Department...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala: No Amnesty for Adoption Fraud</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-no-amnesty-for-adoption-fraud</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:37:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-no-amnesty-for-adoption-fraud</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Guatemalan prosecutors have ruled out amnesty for birth mothers who used false identities to surrender their babies to an agency where 46 children being adopted by U.S. families were seized...]]></description></item><item><title>Fraud Leaves Guatemalan Babies in Limbo</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/fraud-leaves-guatemalan-babies-in-limbo</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:02:33 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/fraud-leaves-guatemalan-babies-in-limbo</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Luciany Ball's adoption file says she was born 14 months ago by Caesarean section to a single mother who gave her up so she could be raised by a loving family in a six-bedroom...]]></description></item><item><title>Twins Give Couple a Chance to Heal</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/twins-give-couple-a-chance-to-heal</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:55:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/twins-give-couple-a-chance-to-heal</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Over the past two months, Reece and Amanda Heinrich have been getting to know the 5-month-old twins they adopted in December. Damian is a chatterbox who loves to smile, but...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Adoptions Get Complicated</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-adoptions-get-complicated</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2008 13:46:45 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-adoptions-get-complicated</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In becoming Hague compliant, Guatemala took aggressive steps aimed at protecting the children involved in the adoptive process. The Hague Convention reflects worldwide consensus that...]]></description></item><item><title>Dispute in Guatemala May Delay Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/dispute-in-guatemala-may-delay-adoptions</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:08:07 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/dispute-in-guatemala-may-delay-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A dispute between Guatemala's new government and its independent adoption agency is threatening to delay the adoption of more than 2,500 Guatemalan children, mostly by foreign parents...]]></description></item><item><title>Families in Limbo Over Adoptions from Guatemala</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/families-in-limbo-over-adoptions-from-guatemala</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:10:36 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/families-in-limbo-over-adoptions-from-guatemala</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Many Minnesotans who adopt internationally choose children from China, but a close second is Guatemala, a much smaller country. Last year, Guatemala sent nearly 5,000 babies to the U.S.A...]]></description></item><item><title>Charity Gives Hope to Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/charity-gives-hope-to-children</link><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 14:02:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/charity-gives-hope-to-children</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Joe King got on a plane to Zacapa, Guatemala and wondered what he was doing. “You’ll find out,” a friend said. As the children saw the plane, King, a board member for the Southlake based charity....]]></description></item><item><title>The Adoption Quandary</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/the-adoption-quandary-1</link><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 15:04:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/the-adoption-quandary-1</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Two adoption researchers have put this question to me in recent weeks: What are we going to tell the children adopted from Guatemala? It's a personal question -- and also a politically charged one....]]></description></item><item><title>Adoptions by U.S. Residents Suspended in Guatemala</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/adoptions-by-us-residents-suspended-in-guatemala</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:08:02 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/adoptions-by-us-residents-suspended-in-guatemala</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Their clothes hang in the closet, their crib sheets are neatly smoothed, and their toys are on shelves, still wrapped in plastic. Maverick and Catalina were...]]></description></item><item><title>International Family of 4 Kids Brings Joy to Lansing Couple</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/international-family-of-4-kids-brings-joy-to-lansing-couple</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:15:23 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/international-family-of-4-kids-brings-joy-to-lansing-couple</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For five months in 2002, Charlotte Holmes lived in an apartment in Guatemala. Unable to bear leaving her soon-to-be daughter Anna in an orphanage, she took up residence while the red tape...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Adoptions: A Baby Trade?</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-adoptions-a-baby-trade</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:52:25 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-adoptions-a-baby-trade</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[This makes Guatemala second only to China as the source of babies adopted by American families - and means one in every 100 Guatemalan children grows up a US citizen. But that could all be about...]]></description></item><item><title>New Adoption Worries</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/new-adoption-worries</link><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 14:07:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/new-adoption-worries</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Baby Mateo’s first Thanksgiving was far from the American traditions his new parents had hoped to share with him. Instead of settling the 8-month-old into his new home in Fort Wayne, his parents...]]></description></item><item><title>Families Waiting on Adoptions Get Good News</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/families-waiting-on-adoptions-get-good-news</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:34:41 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/families-waiting-on-adoptions-get-good-news</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Both the DeTolves and the Hulls know the waiting game well. Having adopted before, the two families are familiar with the uncertainty and anxiety that goes along with waiting for their child to come home....]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala: U.S. Adoptions to Go Through</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-us-adoptions-to-go-through</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:28:57 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-us-adoptions-to-go-through</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Lawmakers endorsed an overhaul of the country’s adoption system, ending what critics called a largely unregulated business in which poor mothers were paid to turn over their children to American couples....]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemalan Bishops Call on Congress to Approve Adoption Law</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-bishops-call-on-congress-to-approve-adoption-law</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2007 14:13:22 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-bishops-call-on-congress-to-approve-adoption-law</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Guatemala, Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini, called on the country’s Congress this week to approve a law on adoptions “that protects the rights of the...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Moves to Tighten Adoption Rules</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-moves-to-tighten-adoption-rules</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:36:18 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-moves-to-tighten-adoption-rules</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Guatemala's Congress overwhelmingly approved stricter adoption regulations Tuesday following months of hotly debated allegations that lawyers stole babies or paid mothers to give birth...]]></description></item><item><title>Race on to Finish Guatemalan Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/race-on-to-finish-guatemalan-adoptions</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 14:08:32 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/race-on-to-finish-guatemalan-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For Meghan Wall, a marathon effort to start a family has come down to a sprint at the finish line. Like thousands of U.S. couples, Wall and her husband are racing to complete an adoption from Guatemala by...]]></description></item><item><title>US Families Race to Adopt from Guatemala by Year's End</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/us-families-race-to-adopt-from-guatemala-by-years-end</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:47:14 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/us-families-race-to-adopt-from-guatemala-by-years-end</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For Meghan Wall, a marathon effort to start a family has come down to a sprint at the finish line. Like thousands of U.S. couples, Wall and her husband are racing to complete an adoption from Guatemala...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemalan adoptions not aided by speculation : eLetters</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-adoptions-not-aided-by-speculation-eletters</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:47:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-adoptions-not-aided-by-speculation-eletters</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[As prospective adoptive parents in the final stages of an adoption from Guatemala, we fully support changes to the Guatemalan system of adoption that would increase transparency and eliminate any...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Suspending Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-suspending-adoptions</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:19:43 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-suspending-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In trying to adopt a boy from Guatemala, Donna Baslee has patiently maneuvered through the intricacies of that nation’s adoption process. But the Bella Vista woman and thousands of other hopeful...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemalan Children Being Victimised in Trafficking</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-children-being-victimised-in-trafficking</link><pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2007 13:08:59 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-children-being-victimised-in-trafficking</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Children have become a booming business in Guatemala. They are given up for adoption, sold abroad, forced to engage in prostitution, mistreated or killed. Sometimes bodies of minors are found...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Keeps Parents Waiting, Hoping</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-keeps-parents-waiting-hoping</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:20:00 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-keeps-parents-waiting-hoping</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Jeff and Diana Kerr fell in love with the Guatemalan baby girl the moment they saw her photograph. The Minnesota couple dec-orated her pink and white nursery with pictures of flowers...]]></description></item><item><title>His Houses Rebuild Lives in Guatemala</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/his-houses-rebuild-lives-in-guatemala</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 Dec 2007 13:11:04 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/his-houses-rebuild-lives-in-guatemala</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Joe Collins celebrated with a soft drink. His 67th birthday. The construction of his 103rd house for the poorest of the poor in the Guatemalan highlands. And the continuing re-construction...]]></description></item><item><title>Prospective Parents in Middle of Guatemalan Adoption Reform</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/prospective-parents-in-middle-of-guatemalan-adoption-reform</link><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:52:11 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/prospective-parents-in-middle-of-guatemalan-adoption-reform</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A year after Guatemala's emergence as the second-largest foreign source of babies for adoption to the United States, a new push by the Guatemalan government to wrest...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemalan Children Becoming Commodity in Brutal Trafficking</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-children-becoming-commodity-in-brutal-trafficking</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Nov 2007 14:02:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-children-becoming-commodity-in-brutal-trafficking</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Children have become a booming business in Guatemala. They are given up for adoption, sold abroad, forced to engage in prostitution, mistreated or killed. Sometimes bodies of minors are...]]></description></item><item><title>Dreams Do Come True</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/dreams-do-come-true</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:06:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/dreams-do-come-true</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[I am finally writing the column that I have dreamed about for many years. Actually, more to the point, I am finally living the life I have wanted for many years. When you read this column...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Study Shows Baby Adoptions Controlled</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-study-shows-baby-adoptions-controlled</link><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:52:07 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-study-shows-baby-adoptions-controlled</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[A study by experts from the government, church and charitable agencies said the rise in international adoptions of Guatemalan infants is due to the presence of a criminal ring controlling the baby...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Changes Wrench American Parents</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/adoption-changes-wrench-american-parents</link><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:28:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/adoption-changes-wrench-american-parents</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Jeff and Diana Kerr fell in love with the Guatemalan baby girl the moment they saw her photograph. The Minnesota couple decorated her pink and white nursery with pictures of flowers...]]></description></item><item><title>Inside Guatemala's Adoption Pipeline</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/inside-guatemalas-adoption-pipeline</link><pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:21:39 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/inside-guatemalas-adoption-pipeline</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Maria Lorena will soon celebrate her first, and possibly last, birthday in her home country. In January, the 11-month-old infant will likely become yet another precious export to the U.S. when...]]></description></item><item><title>Senator Hears Guatemalan Adoption Worries</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/senator-hears-guatemalan-adoption-worries</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:16:42 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/senator-hears-guatemalan-adoption-worries</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[James Carlos Casserly clutched a handful of plastic dinosaurs and a box of raisins in stern concentration. The 2-year-old had missed his Sunday afternoon nap, and his parents wanted...]]></description></item><item><title>Banana Republic to Baby Republic</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/banana-republic-to-baby-republic</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:54:47 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/banana-republic-to-baby-republic</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[On any given day in Antigua, a touristy colonial town in Guatemala, as many as a dozen American couples can be seen lounging with their soon-to-be-adopted Mayan children in...]]></description></item><item><title>Bumpy Road for Guatemala Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/bumpy-road-for-guatemala-adoptions</link><pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2007 13:29:52 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/bumpy-road-for-guatemala-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[November is adoption awareness month, but US families looking to adopt in Guatemala could face a road block, event if they have already been matched with a child....]]></description></item><item><title>Foreign Adoption Process Long, Costly for Fla. Family</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/foreign-adoption-process-long-costly-for-fla-family</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:19:53 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/foreign-adoption-process-long-costly-for-fla-family</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Little Carlos sought reassurance from his family when a stranger entered the cozy home. As the 18-month-old boy became comfortable in the arms of his mother, he began climbing up and down the sofa...]]></description></item><item><title>Awaiting Adoptions that May Never Be</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/awaiting-adoptions-that-may-never-be</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 14:45:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/awaiting-adoptions-that-may-never-be</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Rosanne Cowen was at work in her Moorestown office when an e-mail arrived from her adoption agency, bearing the subject line "Baby Girl." Her hands shook as she opened the message: She and...]]></description></item><item><title>Minnesota Families Heartsick Over Possible Halt in Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/minnesota-families-heartsick-over-possible-halt-in-adoptions</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 14:07:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/minnesota-families-heartsick-over-possible-halt-in-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Jessie King was hoping to adopt Willow, a four month old Guatemalan baby, by next spring. Now she fears it may take longer than she ever imagined. "We just hope that they will let us through....]]></description></item><item><title>'I'd Always Wanted a Multicultural Family'</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/id-always-wanted-a-multicultural-family</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 16:04:17 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/id-always-wanted-a-multicultural-family</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Events unfolding in a Guatemala City hotel today are destined to impact a couple living on a shaded, family-friendly Salinas block. Susan and Bill Ragsdale-Cronin are among the many...]]></description></item><item><title>Impact of Guatemalan Adoption Reform Remains to Be Seen</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/impact-of-guatemalan-adoption-reform-remains-to-be-seen</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:53:15 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/impact-of-guatemalan-adoption-reform-remains-to-be-seen</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In a quiet neighborhood, rows of cribs line the walls of an orphanage. Each crib is marked with a child's name, a birth date and the name of a family: "Angela Belen Chez, Oct. 13. Curran Family."...]]></description></item><item><title>Suburban Families Fear Moratorium on Foreign Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/suburban-families-fear-moratorium-on-foreign-adoptions</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:59:45 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/suburban-families-fear-moratorium-on-foreign-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Antioch resident Gloria Burnette has spent five months preparing for her infant daughter's homecoming. Now she just hopes her child's new home is a healthy and happy one -- wherever it may be and whomever it...]]></description></item><item><title>Adoptions from Guatemala Getting Tougher</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/adoptions-from-guatemala-getting-tougher</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 13:43:46 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/adoptions-from-guatemala-getting-tougher</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[In her mind, Tracy Hartig already sees a baby's fingers touching her first book. She sees a nursery, not a guest room. And in the pictures from Guatemala, she sees her daughter Amelia, not...]]></description></item><item><title>Couple Trying to Find Strength to Cope with Tough Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/couple-trying-to-find-strength-to-cope-with-tough-adoption</link><pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 13:42:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/couple-trying-to-find-strength-to-cope-with-tough-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Awaiting the arrival of a new baby is often difficult and when those dreams are shattered because of a decision made by someone else it may be more than someone can bear....]]></description></item><item><title>Children Stolen from Guatemalan Hospitals</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/children-stolen-from-guatemalan-hospitals</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:04:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/children-stolen-from-guatemalan-hospitals</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Guatemalan Public Ministry is investigating cases of stolen newborns at public hospitals, a crime that allegedly involves members of the institutions' staff....]]></description></item><item><title>Did I Steal My Daughter? The Tribulations of Global Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/did-i-steal-my-daughter-the-tribulations-of-global-adoption</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:55:09 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/did-i-steal-my-daughter-the-tribulations-of-global-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[I first met my daughter in the lobby of the Westin Camino Real, the grandest hotel in Guatemala City. The night before, my husband Walter and I had soothed our nerves running on...]]></description></item><item><title>New Rules for Lucrative Adoption Business</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/new-rules-for-lucrative-adoption-business</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:56:26 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/new-rules-for-lucrative-adoption-business</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Non-governmental organisations from Guatemala asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to consider a case involving international...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemalan President Says He's Not Trying to Stop U.S. Families from Adopting Babies</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-president-says-hes-not-trying-to-stop-us-families-from-adopting-babies</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:35:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-president-says-hes-not-trying-to-stop-us-families-from-adopting-babies</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Guatemalan President Oscar Berger said Tuesday that his government is simply working to make adoptions more secure and not trying to interfere with U.S. families already in the process of...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemalan Adoption Law Raises Concerns</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-adoption-law-raises-concerns</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:28:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-adoption-law-raises-concerns</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Facing widespread allegations against adoption procedures here, the Guatemalan legislature is considering a new law that has raised concerns among both potential adoptive parents and adoption...]]></description></item><item><title>Desperate Plea Issued to Avoid Orphan Home Closure in Guatemala</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/desperate-plea-issued-to-avoid-orphan-home-closure-in-guatemala</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:46:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/desperate-plea-issued-to-avoid-orphan-home-closure-in-guatemala</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[All God's Children, a ministry for orphan care, is announcing an urgent appeal for financial support of its orphan home, Hannah's Hope, in Guatemala. Recent developments in Guatemala, concerning...]]></description></item><item><title>Local Couple's Adoption Plans in Limbo</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/local-couples-adoption-plans-in-limbo</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:23:03 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/local-couples-adoption-plans-in-limbo</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Guatemala is the second most popular country with Americans for adoptions, but thousands are now in limbo. About 4,500 kids were adopted from Guatemala by Americans last year....]]></description></item><item><title>To Parent, They Have To Be Patient</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/to-parent-they-have-to-be-patient</link><pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2007 14:36:48 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/to-parent-they-have-to-be-patient</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[The Moussas haven't had a baby shower yet. Nor have they decorated the baby's room. Doing so would be a wrenching reminder they still don't have their baby, who is in foster care in...]]></description></item><item><title>Millcreek Township Family Fights to Adopt Boy from Guatemala</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/millcreek-township-family-fights-to-adopt-boy-from-guatemala</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:54:30 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/millcreek-township-family-fights-to-adopt-boy-from-guatemala</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Boo and Aimee Hagerty have already picked out a name for their adoptive baby son. They bought toys at Babies "R" Us and set aside a room for him in their new house. But they have never seen the little guy...]]></description></item><item><title>Country's Decision Leaves Local Couple's Adoption In Limbo</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/countrys-decision-leaves-local-couples-adoption-in-limbo</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Oct 2007 13:40:19 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/countrys-decision-leaves-local-couples-adoption-in-limbo</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[After getting more than halfway through the process, the country where the baby lives may not let them ever see the child again. The child lives in Guatemala. With the exception of China, more Americans...]]></description></item><item><title>Families Adopting From Guatemala May Lose Children</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/families-adopting-from-guatemala-may-lose-children-1</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:53:37 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/families-adopting-from-guatemala-may-lose-children-1</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[American families adopting children from Guatemala may be distressed to learn, adoptions to the U.S. will be suspended January 1. The Guatemalen President made the announcement recently, saying his...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Seeks to Slow Exodus of Babies to U.S.</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-seeks-to-slow-exodus-of-babies-to-us</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:58:31 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-seeks-to-slow-exodus-of-babies-to-us</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[For many years, Guatemala has been a place of relatively uncomplicated adoptions for American parents. The small country's government estimates as many as 17 babies leave each day for adoptive...]]></description></item><item><title>Concern Over Bill that Would Restrict Definition of ‘Family’</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/-371</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:47:05 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/-371</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Human rights groups and activists for the rights of sexual minorities have expressed alarm at a draft law that the Guatemalan Congress is preparing to pass, which would...]]></description></item><item><title>Edict on Guatemalan Adoption Worries Families</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/edict-on-guatemalan-adoption-worries-families</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2007 13:38:20 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/edict-on-guatemalan-adoption-worries-families</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Annette Merlino is confident that by Christmas her adopted child -- a 7-month-old baby girl from Guatemala -- will be living with her and her husband at their Delmont home....]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemala Looks to Reform Adoptions</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-looks-to-reform-adoptions</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:35:21 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemala-looks-to-reform-adoptions</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Thousands of American families who want to adopt children, turn to Guatemala every year. But the adoptions may be suspended indefinitely as the country works to reform its system....]]></description></item><item><title>Soccer, CMH, B-names, Adoption</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/soccer-cmh-b-names-adoption</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:24:50 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/soccer-cmh-b-names-adoption</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Catholic Memorial High School boys soccer coach John Bisswurm adopted a son, Max, from Guatemala last week. Memorial girls soccer coach John Burke has an adopted daughter, Margaret, from China...]]></description></item><item><title>Guatemalan Adoption is Delayed by Red Tape</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-adoption-is-delayed-by-red-tape</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:03:35 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/guatemalan-adoption-is-delayed-by-red-tape</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[They've bought baby clothes, toys and a stroller. They've decorated a room for their new daughter to share with one of her stepsisters. All that's missing now is baby Samantha May....]]></description></item><item><title>Adoption Crisis Keeps Girl, New Family Apart</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/adoption-crisis-keeps-girl-new-family-apart</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:36:28 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/adoption-crisis-keeps-girl-new-family-apart</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[They've bought baby clothes, toys and a stroller. They've set up a room for their new daughter to share with her stepsister. All that's missing now is their baby. David and Melissa Jones...]]></description></item><item><title>International Adoptions Get Trickier</title><link>http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/international-adoptions-get-trickier</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 08:51:11 +0000</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="true">http://news.adoption.com/news/GuatemalaAdoption/international-adoptions-get-trickier</guid><author>AdoptionNews</author><description><![CDATA[Steven and Jessie Brzozowski could only bring pictures of their toddler daughters to a picnic for families with international adoptions. "We're watching them grow up through pictures," Jessie Brzozowski, 28...]]></description></item></channel></rss>