Guatemala’s shock candidate Arevalo poised to tackle corruption
- 27-Jun-2023
GUATEMALA CITY: Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo, who pulled off an upset in Sunday elections by advancing to a run-off, declared Monday that if he wins, his priority will be fighting corruption. Without that “we are not going to be able to rescue the institutions we need to generate national development,” Arevalo told AFP at […]
Guatemala newspaper founder sentenced to six years in jail
- 15-Jun-2023
A Guatemalan court on Wednesday sentenced the founder of a newspaper critical of the government to six years in prison on money-laundering charges, in a trial denounced by press freedom groups. Jose Ruben Zamora Marroquin, founder of El Periodico which was shut down last month after nearly three decades in operation, was sentenced to six […]
Honduras, Guatemala eye digital currencies as El Salvador launches bitcoin
- 09-Sep-2021
The central banks of Honduras and Guatemala are eyeing digital currencies, officials said on Wednesday, following El Salvador’s adoption of bitcoin as legal currency. The central bank presidents for Honduras and Guatemala both said the banks were studying digital currencies with the aim of eventually introducing them into the economy, including via a central bank […]
Bodies of 16 migrants massacred in Mexico arrive in Guatemala
- 13-Mar-2021
The bodies, some badly charred and with gunshot wounds, were found in January along a migrant smuggling route in a remote area of Tamaulipas state in the municipality of Camargo.
Terrifying footage: Child snatched from mother’s arms on crowded road
- 02-Oct-2020
A CCTV footage emerged showing baby snatchers speed up to the mother as she walks along a crowded street and pull the young baby boy from her arms
Day of the Dead begins!
- 02-Nov-2019
Day of the Dead, a holiday that marries Catholic rituals and pre-Hispanic beliefs, is celebrated throughout Latin America on the first two days of November.
Police arrest former presidential candidate at her home
- 02-Sep-2019
Guatemalan police arrested former presidential candidate Sandra Torres at her home on Monday
Trump announces controversial asylum deal with Guatemala
- 27-Jul-2019
The White House said Guatemala would now be considered a "safe third country," meaning that US-bound migrants who enter Guatemala would be required to seek asylum there instead
Fifth Guatemalan child dies in US immigration custody
- 21-May-2019
A 16-year-old boy died Monday at a Border Patrol station in Texas, becoming the fifth child from Guatemala to die since December after being apprehended by US border patrol agents
Guatemala: 18 killed as trucker ploughs into a crowd
- 28-Mar-2019
The government announced three days of mourning after the incident Wednesday night in the western town of Nahuala.