Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arevalo emerge as top two contenders, electoral commission says, as August run-off expected. The two frontrunners in Guatemala’s presidential elections will…
Voters are also choosing a vice president and 160 representatives in the Guatemalan Congress. Guatemalans have been voting in a hotly contested presidential election dominated…
Guatemala City – Guatemalans will head to the polls on Sunday to cast their votes in general elections, capping one of the most chaotic electoral campaigns…
An award-winning journalist in Guatemala has been convicted on criminal charges, in what human rights observers call yet another blow to press freedom and democracy…
Men were previously sentenced for crimes against humanity, including forced disappearances and rape, by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. A Guatemalan appeals court disobeyed…
Move comes as Joe Biden’s administration seeks to deter migrants and refugees from seeking protection at Mexico border. The United States and Guatemala have announced…
The Constitutional Court of Guatemala has ruled to end the presidential campaign of dark horse candidate Carlos Pineda, with only one month remaining before voting…
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Closing of elPeriodico underscores regional trend of governments cracking down on independent media, observers say. One of Guatemala’s oldest and most well-known news organisations has…
Guatemala City — Campaigning began in earnest last month for Guatemala’s general elections, with political messaging filling the streets, local broadcasts and social media. But…
The last Ana Marina Lopez heard of her husband, the 51-year-old Guatemalan migrant told his family that he was being detained by Mexican immigration agents…
China has stepped up pressure on Taiwan since Tsai Ing-wen was first elected president of the self-ruled island in 2016. Honduras has said it is…
Authorities say the 106 children, many teen boys, were travelling without family in search of a better life in the US. More than 100 children…
Colonia Mezquital, Guatemala – It had taken hours to cross the border from Honduras to Guatemala by bus, and Edwin Gomez, a 39-year-old migrant from…