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  „Guatemala Farm Rape Clouds Free Trade Debate -- GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - The rape of a teen-age girl on a Guatemalan coffee farm is raising doubts about the Central American country's ability to clean up its labor record and win U.S congressional support for a free trade agreement.“

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Timeforcoffee.com

  „From the region of Antigua in Guatemala, Central America. We produce the finest gourmet Guatemalan coffee. The beans are grown, roasted and packed in Guatemala. In the past two years, our tests of beans from higher altitude areas in Guatemala have yielded an exceptional flavor.“

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Tea & Coffee 06/04 - World News

  „Guatemala - Christian Rasch, vice president of the Guatemalan National Coffee Association, Anacafé, announced in the closing ceremony of the International Competition “The Exceptional Cup 2004” the names of the 23 coffee lots that will be sold through the Internet on June 15. Topping the list were Huehuetenango in the first, second, fifth and ninth place; Jalapa in the third and seventh position, followed by Chimaltenango, Sacatepéquez (where the famous Antigua region is located) and Alta Verapaz (where Cobán is from). For the first time, a cooperative ranked as high as to be in the top five.“

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TransFair Canada: Succeeding in Canadian Markets

  „Other origins include Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Bolivia and Indonesia. Coffees imported through American (U.S.A.) importers includes Ethiopia“

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It's All About Coffee

  „NEW YORK (Reuters) - A foray by major U.S. roasters into Fair Trade coffee to help struggling farmers in developing countries hinges on an ambivalent American consumer developing more of a taste for the socially conscious java.“

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Fresh Cup Magazine

  „At age 14, while working in my dad's retail store, I was already making a serious effort to convert 80-year-old ladies to freshly roasted Guatemala Maragogype. ("Ma'am, I can recommend a freshly roasted, very mild and mellow after-dinner, low-caffeine coffee that will make you sleep like a nightingale.")“

http://www.freshcup.com/learning.htm - Cached

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