[Oe List ...] Fwd: Bush's trip to Guatemala

[George Holcombe]

Elizabeth Engleman sent this to me to share, so here it is.  She's a  
great person and finds our community one of the pillars in her life,  
so if you have a moment you might email her a kudo.

George Holcombe
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> From: <englewoman at verizon.net>
> Date: March 10, 2007 2:13:31 PM CST
> To: geowanda at earthlink.net
> Cc: wanda60 at earthlink.net
> Subject: Bush's trip to Guatemala
>
> Hello George and Wanda,
>
> Do you think some on the EI/OE distribution list would be interested
> in this information?  If so, feel free to post it.
>
> I hope you are both well.
>
> Thank you again for the honor you helped bring to Vance Engleman  
> last Fall at Southwestern University.
>
> With Grace, in Peace,
>
> Elizabeth Engleman
>
>
>
> By JUAN CARLOS LLORCA
> Associated Press Writer
>
> GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - 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.     "That a person like (Bush), with the persecution of  
> our migrant brothers in the United States, with the wars he has  
> provoked, is going to walk in our sacred lands, is an offense for  
> the Mayan people and their culture," Juan Tiney, the director of a  
> Mayan nongovernmental organization with close ties to Mayan  
> religious and political leaders, said Thursday.     Bush's seven- 
> day tour of Latin America includes a stopover beginning late Sunday  
> in Guatemala. On Monday morning he is scheduled to visit the  
> archaeological site Iximche on the high western plateau in a region  
> of the Central American country populated mostly by Mayans.      
> Tiney said the "spirit guides of the Mayan community" decided it  
> would be necessary to cleanse the sacred site of "bad spirits"  
> after Bush's visit so that their ancestors could rest in peace. He  
> also said the rites -- which entail chanting and burning incense,  
> herbs and candles -- would prepare the site for the third summit of  
> Latin American Indians March 26-30.
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>
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