Guatemala
Drug cartels test Central America for cocaine production
World
November 1, 2018
Drug cartels test Central America for cocaine production
GUATEMALA CITY/TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Cocaine production is beginning to creep into Central America, a development which could bring the supply…
Mexico allows caravan women, children in, but thousands still stranded
World
October 21, 2018
Mexico allows caravan women, children in, but thousands still stranded
Mexican authorities allowed dozens of women and children from a US-bound Honduran migrant caravan to enter the country Saturday…
Toll rises in Guatemala volcano as more bodies recovered
World
June 5, 2018
Toll rises in Guatemala volcano as more bodies recovered
Rescue workers pulled more bodies Monday from under the dust and rubble left by an explosive eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego…
Guatemala vows to move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Middle East
March 5, 2018
Guatemala vows to move embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales on Sunday announced he would return his country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in May during…
Guatemalan ex-president, Oxfam chief held in corruption case
World
February 14, 2018
Guatemalan ex-president, Oxfam chief held in corruption case
Prosecutors said Tuesday they have detained ex-President Alvaro Colom and nearly his entire former Cabinet, including the current chairman of…
Trump meets with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales
World
February 8, 2018
Trump meets with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales
President Donald Trump has met with the president of Guatemala. Trump greeted President Jimmy Morales at the Washington Hilton hotel…
Human trafficking operations busted in Mexico
World
February 4, 2018
Human trafficking operations busted in Mexico
Mexican officials announced late Saturday that they had taken into custody more than 300 Central American migrants who were being…
Guatemala says it is moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Middle East
December 25, 2017
Guatemala says it is moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem
Guatemala’s president announced on Christmas Eve that the Central American country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, becoming…
In Central America, gangs an obstacle in battle against Zika
World
February 10, 2016
In Central America, gangs an obstacle in battle against Zika
For health workers battling Zika across much of Central America, the immediate menace is not the mosquitoes that transmit the…
Guatemala gang prison fight ‘kills 16’
World
November 30, 2015
Guatemala gang prison fight ‘kills 16’
Sixteen people died in a fight between rival gangs in a maximum security prison in Guatemala, Deputy Interior Minister Elmer…