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Home - U.S. Embassy Guatemala About the EmbassyU.S. Citizen ServicesVisas to the U.S.U.S. Policy & IssuesResourcesEspañol In Focus "Huey II" Helicopter U.S. Multi-million Dollar Package to Assist Guatemala in the Fight Against Narcotraffic, Organized Crime U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala James M. Derham presented today to Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom a $21 million aid package to be used over a two-year period. A key component of the assistance provided is the use and maintenance of four U.S. Huey II helicopters, which is expected to significantly bolster the Government of Guatemala s ability to fight narco-trafficking and organized crime. The official ceremony took place at the Presidential Hangar in Guatemala City. • REMARKS - Ambassador James M. Derham at FIAAT Task Force Inauguration Ceremony Latest Headlines From the Embassy President Bush Announces Intention to Nominate Stephen McFarland as U.S. Ambassador to Guatemala. President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate Stephen McFarland, of Texas, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Republic of Guatemala. U.S. Department of State Releases 2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. At a March 11 press conference marking the public release of the annual 2007 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, Rice said: “In every region of the world, men and women are working peacefully, and often at great risk to themselves and their families, to secure human rights and fundamental freedoms, to follow their consciences and speak their minds without fear, to choose those who would govern them and to hold their leaders accountable and to achieve equal justice under the law. • GUATEMALA SECTION - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2007 • PREFACE - Country Reports on Human Rights Practices 2007 • REMARKS - Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice Mercy Corps USAID and Wal-...