A little eatery we walked by in Guatemala City, with Che Guevara photos and flags outside. The Cuban revolutionary lived in Guatemala City for some time during the early 1950s,… Read the rest of the article: Che café, Guatemala City (Guatemala snapshot)

Above: Misha, the manager of Fernando's Kaffe, my favorite place for coffee in La Antigua, Guatemala. Seriously, she runs the joint. After the barista made me my espresso, the barista… Read the rest of the article: Café cash register cat (Guatemala snapshot)

Skylight Films ("Granito" and "When the Mountains Tremble") have been filming the trial of General Efraín Rios Montt. They're posting video updates from Guatemala.

Rios Montt, moments after his attorneys walked out in protest on Thursday, April 18, day 20 of the trial; he is seated alone w/co-defendant Sanchez. Photo: @xeni. I am blogging… Read the rest of the article: LIVEBLOG: Guatemala—Rios Montt genocide trial, Day 21. Defense attorneys walk out; Preliminary Court Judge annuls trial, AG vows legal battle

Rios Montt, moments after his attorneys walked out in protest today, seated alone w/co-defendant Sanchez. Photo: @xeni. I am blogging from inside the Guatemalan Supreme Court in Guatemala City this… Read the rest of the article: Guatemala—Rios Montt genocide trial, Day 20. Will case be thrown out by Constitutional Court?

Former General and dictator Rios Montt, in a crush of reporters in the Guatemalan Supreme Court. Photo: @xeni. I am blogging from inside the Guatemalan Supreme Court in Guatemala City… Read the rest of the article: Guatemala: Rios Montt genocide trial, Day 19

A new crime, apparently: being brown while being bombed. A twenty-year-old man who had been watching the Boston Marathon had his body torn into by the force of a bomb.… Read the rest of the article: The Saudi Marathon Man

LA Times: "Investigators believe at least one of the two bombs in Boston was made with a pressure cooker, according to law enforcement and intelligence officials." MSNBC: Authorities have recovered… Read the rest of the article: Report: one of Boston Marathon bombs possibly made from kitchen pressure cooker

Rios Montt listens to a prosecution witness, during the tribunal. I am blogging from inside the Supreme Court in Guatemala City, where the trial of former Guatemalan Army General and… Read the rest of the article: Guatemala: Rios Montt genocide trial, day 18. "If I can't control the Army, then what am I doing here?"

In 2003, a blogger identified as a 24-year-old Iraqi woman began publishing a blog from Baghdad called "riverbend," about her experience in the war. She described her site as a… Read the rest of the article: Baghdad burning, ten years later

Reporter Nancy Chen tweets this photograph of writing on the sidewalk outside the home of Martin Richard, the 8-yo who was killed in the Boston Marathon bombing yesterday. For every… Read the rest of the article: "We keep running."

In Mother Jones magazine, a story about the dark side of the evangelical adoption movement that has swept the United States over the past decade: "When devout Christian families made… Read the rest of the article: Orphan Fever: The Evangelical Movement's Adoption Obsession

We've gathered fresh video for you to surf and enjoy on the Boing Boing video page. The latest finds for your viewing pleasure include: • "Gentleman," the follow-up to Psy's… Read the rest of the article: Watch the latest video posts in our Boing Boing video archives

"One man here weighs just 77 pounds. Another, 98. Last thing I knew, I weighed 132, but that was a month ago. I've been on a hunger strike since Feb.… Read the rest of the article: NYT op-ed by Gitmo detainee on hunger strike

Fredy Peccerelli of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG) testifying Wednesday, April 10; Rios Montt at the defense table in the background. I'm in Guatemala with Miles O'Brien, working on… Read the rest of the article: Guatemala: photos from the Rios Montt genocide tribunal

Xeni speaks to journalism students in Hong Kong about sharing her experience of cancer online.

Surprise, surprise. The CEO of a biometrics firm argues that the DHS "will need to rely upon biometrics" to effectively screen "the undocumented" for criminal or terrorist leanings. (HT: _nomap)

BB pal Bryan Jones, a scientist based in Utah, visited the Udvar-Hazy center in DC on a recent trip (which also included a cup of coffee with yours truly); he… Read the rest of the article: The National Air And Space Museum Udvar-Hazy center is an awesome place

My brother Carl, who is the world's most discriminating eBay craphound, found this spectacular 1950s tin toy made in Japan. According to the description, "THE PYLON LIGHTS UP WHEN THE… Read the rest of the article: Excellent vintage Japanese Toy: Early Warning System radar station, ca. 1950

Jonathan Landay, writing for McClatchy Newspapers: Contrary to assurances it has deployed U.S. drones only against known senior leaders of al Qaida and allied groups, the Obama administration has targeted… Read the rest of the article: McClatchy gets access to Top Secret intel reports on drones