Mobile Consulate Serves Guatemalan Community in Las Vegas, Nevada

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - 19 November 2009 -- The General Consulate of Guatemala in Los Angeles, California provided mobile services for over 200 Guatemalans this past November 14 and 15 in Las Vegas, Nevada, including inssuance of passports, consular IDs, registrations of birth and weddings, travel permits, and authorizations for children. Guatemalans also had the opportunity to renew their drivers' license, a service of the Department of Transportation by way of Maycom Company.

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We are very grateful to Mrs. Deborah Melendez, owner of Rapid Care Medical Clinic, for allowing us to use her facility to provide services to the Guatemalan community in Las Vegas, Nevada," stated the Honorary Vice Consul of Guatemala in Las Vegas, Nevada, Dr. Aldo A. Aguirre. "Having the mobile services in town saves Guatemalans time and money they would otherwise expend having to compelte their consular documents in Los Angeles, California. It is of great benefit to a community already burdened by a very difficult economic period," concluded Aguirre.

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The General Consulate of Guatemala will hold consular services in Las Vegas, Nevada again in March 2010, at the International Church of Las Vegas, 501 N. Mojave Road, Las Vegas, NV 89101. For more information visit the official website of the General Consulate of Guatemala in Los Angeles, CA http://www.consulaxgt.com/, send an Email to viceconsulguate@aol.com or call (702) 412-5625.

Consul General Visits University Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV

Honorary Vice Consul of Guatemala Dr. Aldo A. Aguirre and the General Consul of Guatemala in Los Angeles, CA, Lic. Pablo Garcia Saenz visit Guatemalan national Alejandro Ramos at the University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA -- 19 November 2009 -

The Consul General of Guatemala, the Honorable Lic. Pablo Garcia Saenz and the Honorary Vice Consul of Guatemala in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Honorable Dr. Aldo A. Aguirre visited a 39-year-old Guatemalan national Alejandro Ramos, who has been hospitalized in critical condition at the University Medical Center since September 2009, when he was hit as he traveled on his bicycle.

Mr. Ramos is still unable to communicate, has no immediate family in the United States. The General Consul is helping Mr. Ramos' brother to request a humanitarian visa from the United States Embassy in Guatemala, so he can come to tend to his wellfare. The Guatemalan government is also diligently working to secure a Hospital in Guatemala that will accept the patient.