FALSE: Adoptions Are Ceasing In Guatemala on 10/1

JCICS is reporting today that there is a letter being circulating in Guatemala among certain officials declaring that adoptions will cease after October 1st, 2006. This is a separate incident from the issues occuring with President Berger and specifically his wife. JCICS is also declaring this letter to be a fake according to their information from discussions with the Attorney General’s office in Guatemala. The embassy is continuing to process cases. Here is what JCICS has to say about this letter today.

September 29, 2006
Joint Council has been made aware of a letter that is currently circulating in Guatemala declaring that all adoptions from Guatemala will be stopped effective October 1st. This letter appears to be on Presidential letterhead with the President’s signature, but is not authentic. Guatemala’s attorney general’s office has confirmed that the letter is fake and government officials are concerned that the letter may have been created to induce panic within the adoption community. No one knows at this time where the letter originated. The Guatemalan government is working on an official communication to confirm the fraud. Please advise your Guatemalan providers and adoptive families, especially those currently in Guatemala for first trips, so they may be made aware of the existence of this letter and its inauthenticity.

Make sure that with any news such as this that you hear that you always follow it to it’s source when you can. If you suspect something like this to be true, contact your agency and get their input. Check reputable sites that carry the latest news regarding Guatemala and the state of adoptions there. Never act or react based on one report alone. There are always rumors coming out of a political climate such as the one in Guatemala.

Always feel free to contact me if you do see an answer here on the Guatemala Adoption Blog. I will do my best to dig up the answer for you!

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