Adoptions and Orphans

It’s been some time since the Guatemala Blog has been updated and since our last post, adoptions from Guatemala have gone through a number of dramatic and sometimes heartbreaking changes. At this time last year, there were rumors of an …

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In the world of International Adoption, Guatemala is one of the most popular and least regulated Countries. Last year there were estimated to have been 1,500 Guatemalan Children and Babies who have started fresh lives abroad, but the spectre of Illegal Adoptions have haunted Guatemala for years. Stories have emerged of mothers being forced to [...]

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By Jen Christensen
Posted: Sunday, November 04, 2007 at 8:22 p.m.
 
Celebrities like Angelina Jolie and Madonna have highlighted the need for adopting children overseas, but they’re also making it look easy and somewhat glamorous. Many adoptions do end wonderfully, but the journey can be challenging.
Here’s what couples really go through when they are called to adopt.
Jami [...]

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By Jeff Gammage
INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
> 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 her husband had a new daughter - Maria Jose, a newborn living with a foster family in [...]

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International Adoption and Guatemala
By Stephen Morgan
Guatemala is one of the most controversial subjects in the world of International Adoption today. Not wishing to add further to the controversy, it is just that adopting a child from Guatemala today can be a little tricky unless you know what you are doing.
International Adoption is not easy, especially [...]

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