The Hague is a treaty for Inter-country Adoptions. It seeks to have a centralized processing center to handle adoptions for each country. But, Guatemala does not have this, as all their adoptions are handled privately, with PGN approving the cases. So, the US is saying they need to get their act in order, or they won't allow adoptions to the US. Guatemala has said in the past (2002) that it's against their Constitution to abide by those terms. So, as it is now, adoptions will be shutting down between the US and Guatemala.
A great web site is Guatadopt.com It has a lot of information pertaining to Guatemalan adoptions. This site explains the process and terminology.
PGN is the office that approves the adoption. It's like our Attorney General's office. Their new Director is being very difficult. Cases used to get through this stage in 3-6 weeks. Now it's taking 6-16+ weeks, with little or no reason. However, I'm confident that if everything is in order, PGN will approve your case. So the babies will come home - maybe toddlers by then
