Guatemala

Officials stated Thursday that an assessment of Guatemala’s June 25 presidential election, which aroused international concern over the potential undermining of democracy, has been completed. In an unexpected result, two social-democrats, Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arevalo,...

On Tuesday, Canada conceded an own goal in the 94th minute to hold Guadeloupe to a 2-2 draw in Group D’s first encounter of the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Guatemala defeated Cuba 1-0 in the night’s other...

Guatemalans head to the polls on Sunday, with two popular candidates disqualified and several prosecutors and journalists arrested or in exile as a result of the government’s anti-corruption crackdown. There are 22 contenders in the running,...

126 migrants were rescued by Guatemalan police after being abandoned inside a shipping container on the side of the road. After hearing screams inside the trailer, they were discovered around morning between the cities of Nueva...

US Vice President Kamala Harris landed in Guatemala Sunday, bringing a message of “hope” to an area struck by Covid-19, which is the source of most undocumented migrants seeking entry to the United States. Harris, who...

Mexico has identified nine more Guatemalan victims who were among the 19 people killed in a massacre in the northeastern state of Tamaulipas last month, authorities said on Saturday. So far 16 of the victims have...

Conservative Alejandro Giammattei was elected as Guatemala’s president on Sunday, defeating former first lady Sandra Torres in a run-off, the central American country’s electoral court said. With the results being updated in real time on the...

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook Guatemala on Sunday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), but disaster officials said it did not cause any damage, including at the Fuego volcano where recent eruptions have killed 110...

UNICEF is working with partners to provide essential support and services to the more than 650,000 children and adolescents living in areas affected by the eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano. Over 12,000 people have been evacuated...

Guatemalan authorities warned that the Fuego volcano was showing signs of greater activity on Tuesday night as the death toll from a devastating eruption at the weekend climbed to 75 and nearly 200 people remained missing....