Witness History - My 10-Year Battle to Adopt in Guatemala
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In 2007 Guatemala overhauled its much-criticised adoption system. All future foreign adoptions were immediately suspended, while some 3,000 cases already underway were caught in legal limbo. Many of these cases have taken years to resolve. American Ruth Sheehan tells Mike Lanchin about her long struggle to secure the adoption of Luis, a young Guatemalan child she first met ten years ago.
(Photo: Ruth Sheehan with Luis in Guatemala City, courtesy of Ruth Sheehan)
Published on Friday, 19th January 2018.
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