Algunos pobladores buscarán bloquear el ingreso del mandatario estadounidense al sitio arqueológico de Iximché.

Adital - Las organizaciones abajo firmantes, rechazamos rotundamente la visita del presidente Bush a nuestro país, pues esta se dirige a fortalecer la intervención e imposición de los intereses norteamericanos en nuestro territorio. Estados Unidos, nos invade con tropas militares; nos impuso el tratado de libre comercio, el cual es desfavorable para la mayoría de guatemaltecos y guatemaltecas que viven en la pobreza; pretende despojarnos de nuestros recursos naturales por medio de la privatización de los mismos a través de sus empresas transnacionales; además daña el ambiente y viola los derechos, territorios de pueblos indígenas y nuestra soberanía.

La visita del presidente Bush a Guatemala trajo pocos resultados concretos para el país. Sin embargo, uno de ellos tuvo que ver con el lanzamiento a una fama relativa a nivel nacional de un personaje que hasta hace poco era casi desconocido.

La visita del presidente de Estados Unidos, George W. Bush, ha dejado motivados a los empresarios para continuar los negocios con ese país, después de la insistencia del visitante en aprovechar las oportunidades que trae el Tratado de Libre Comercio (TLC) DR-CAFTA.

CHIRIJUYU, Guatemala --Mariano Canu can't stop smiling as he looks out on his lettuce crop. With the help of U.S. government aid, he exports vegetables across Central America and is no longer struggling just to get by.

GUATEMALA CITY -- Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday.

GUATEMALA CITY, March 12 -- President Bush began touring rural villages and ancient Mayan villages here Monday as he brought his "social justice" tour of Latin America closer to home and tried to showcase ways that the United States works to uplift its neighbors.

Undeterred by protesters who have dogged him at every stop on his five-nation Latin American trip, President Bush strove Monday in Guatemala to convince the region's residents that the United States is a compassionate nation. It's the same message he delivered earlier at stops in Brazil, Uruguay and Colombia.

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala --(AP) -- President Bush heaved crates of lettuce onto a loading dock today, a vivid demonstration of the benefits of a free trade deal he had trouble pushing through Congress.

SANTA CRUZ BALANYA, Guatemala (Reuters) - President George W. Bush visited Guatemalan hill towns on Monday to promote U.S. efforts to fight poverty in Latin America, where Washington's power is increasingly being questioned by leftist leaders.

SANTA CRUZ BALANYA, Guatemala (Reuters) - President George W. Bush visited Guatemalan hill towns on Monday to promote U.S. efforts to fight poverty in Latin America, where Washington's power is increasingly being questioned by leftist leaders.

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Monday he wants a breakthrough on U.S. immigration reform by August but defended raids against illegal immigrants, a policy that drew criticism during his tour of Latin America.

CHIMALTENANGO, Guatemala, March 11 — Work starts early for the people of the Guatemalan countryside, sometimes as early as 5 or 6. Not the time, the age.

GUATEMALA CITY, March 12 -- President Bush began touring rural villages and ancient Mayan villages here Monday as he brought his "social justice" tour of Latin America closer to home and tried to showcase ways that the United States works to uplift its neighbors.

GUATEMALA CITY, March 12 — President Bush came to this struggling Central American nation on Tuesday bearing a message that free trade with the United States would improve conditions for even the poorest Latin Americans.

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala -- President Bush's message of goodwill in Latin America ran into a wall in Guatemala on Monday, as he defended his efforts to establish a temporary worker program but gave no ground on the deportation of illegal workers. "The United States will enforce our law," Bush said during a news conference with Guatemalan President Oscar Berger. "It's against the law to hire somebody who's in our country illegally."

GUATEMALA CITY, March 12 -- President Bush defended a recent surge of deportations that have inflamed passions here in Latin America, but vowed Monday to redouble efforts to overhaul immigration laws and called on the Senate to pass comprehensive legislation by summer.