"The British Consulate in Guatemala has asked us to inform prospective adopters that it will no longer be able to respond to enquiries about the progress of individual adoption cases. Responding to the large number of enquiries currently being received is severely restricting the Consulate's ability to meet its consular duties, including work on adoption cases."

"Over the past few months, complaints from the Guatemalan Radio Chamber (CRG) have resulted in the closure of 22 community radio stations in Jutiapa, Quetzaltenango, Chimaltenango, Huehuetenango and Sacatepéquez, fuelling the controversy over the role of community radio stations in Guatemala .

The most recent case occurred on May 23 in Santa María de Jesús, Sacatepéquez, where the Catholic radio station Apocalypse was closed down by the police.

According to radio station volunteers, Rodolfo Gómez and Freddy Godoy, the police acted in a heavy-handed manner. As a result, over 1,000 people took to the streets, demanding that the police return the confiscated equipment.

The closure of community radio stations by the police has coincided with an aggressive campaign against community radio stations by the CRG, which represents Guatemala ’s commercial radio stations.

The government differentiates between stations legally registered — commercial radio — and the "illegal" or "pirate" stations, which also encompasses community radio.

A key difficulty noted with regard to the unionization of community broadcasters was the lack of clarity over the term "community radio station." There are an estimated 800 community radio stations in Guatemala , the majority of which define themselves as community radio stations.

The granting of hundreds of licenses to commercial stations has effectively censored non-commercial radio stations, since most communities are unable to afford a license. In the past, licenses have been awarded to former members of the military, Congress members and the business sector, who have little interest in democratizing access to the media.