Jezebel: Guatemala

The U.S.'s Twisted Syphilis Experiments in Guatemala

Irin Carmon — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 17:00:21 EDT

The United States carried out heinous experiments on Guatemalan prisoners in the 1940s, deliberately infecting them with syphilis via prostitutes. It took until today to apologize. More »

French Assembly Passes 'Burqa Ban'

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:12:00 EDT

• As expected, the French Assembly has indeed voted in favor of banning the full facial veil in public spaces; the measure extends to both burqas and niqabs. The bill is expected to be ratified by the Senate in September. More »

Dressed To Process

Katy Kelleher — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 10:15:00 EDT

[San Pedro Sacatepequez, Guatemala, June 29. Image via AP]

Baby, It's Cold Outside

Katy Kelleher — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 13:10:00 EST

[Guatemala City; January 11. Image via Getty]

A Thousand Words

Anna Holmes — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:10:00 EST

[Guatemala City, November 16. Image via Getty]

Visiting Hours

Anna Holmes — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:10:00 EST

[Guatemala City, November 1. Image via Getty]

Duck The Police

Anna Holmes — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:10:00 EDT

[Guatemala City, May 14. Image via Getty]

She, Rigoberta Menchu

Anna Holmes — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:10:00 EDT

[Antigua, Guatemala; May 11. Image via Getty]

Good Weaves

Maria — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:20:00 EST

Parsons students have teamed up with CARE and female Mayan weavers in Guatemala to help sell the women's items online with a majority of the profits going directly to the women. [NY Daily News] More »

Rabbit Comes To The Rescue • Girls Are Great At Math

Anna North — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:30:00 EDT

• An Australian rabbit named "Rabbit" totally saved his family from a fire. (That's not him at left.) There's a pretty good joke about this kind of thing. • Help from your daughter-in-law makes you less depressed, if you're an elderly Chinese woman; help from your son, apparently not so much. • Girls just as good at math as boys throughout primary and secondary school. Raise your hand if you're surprised. More »

Voting & Drinking: No Booze Before Ballots!

mcarpentier — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:30:00 EST

Guatemala (and many other countries) bar sales of alcohol around election time to reduce poll-related violence and in the hopes that people will make better choices when they're not wasted. Makes sense, right? Well, maybe, depending on what you think "makes sense." The results of a special Jezebel analysis of voting and drinking after the jump. More »