Nasty news...

To add to the neverending drama, the President of Guatemala (Colom) ousted the current Attorney General (Barrios). This is the dude that signs off on ALL adoptions there. This is potentially VERY bad news for us. At the very minimum, there will be more delay in getting that beautiful baby of ours here. At this point, we were anticipating beginning of June. I feel very doubtful now that she will be home before her 1st birthday. I just want to cry. Ooops... that was all it took to get the tears coming. Below is an except from Guatadopt, which is the "official" site for all Guatemalan adoption info.

April 24, 2008
Attorney General transition and Colom visits US
The new Attorney General Baudilio Portillo Merlos took over yesterday. The new Sub Attorney General (replacing Barrios) is Attorney Flory de De Leon and she has already moved into the office. It appears she may be holding off making any critical decisions until the Constitutional Court rules. The new AG has requested an audit, as well.
What does this mean? Short term, cases that were simply waiting for Barrios' signature are going to be delayed because of the way the review process works and the audit. With a change of power comes delays in about any business or government entity. Expect an impact on all cases currently in PGN. Long term, we cannot predict what this will mean. As always, we hope that this appointment by Colom will mean a more efficient PGN.
On April 29th, President Colom will be in Washington DC to meet with President Bush as well as the CCAI (Congressional Coalition on Adoption) which we can only assume that they will discuss the current situation with Guatemalan Adoptions.
This may very well be a good chance to have our voices heard by both governments! But before we start making demands or asking the US to pressure Guatemala to do this or that, let us think about what we really want to occur.