South American neighbours respond to blocking of Corina Yoris, who was favoured to beat strongman Nicolás Maduro in elections A chorus of Latin American nations, including Brazil and Colombia,...
The Indigenous activist explains why the country’s ‘democratic spring’ is an illusion and why, despite violence and corruption, she would consider a third presidential bid Thelma Cabrera ...
LATIN AMERICA’S WATER WARS: The people of the Ixquisis valley thought their most valuable resource would help lift their villages out of poverty. Instead, murder and violence followed Read more...
Bernardo Arévalo, an unassuming academic, will offer hope when he is sworn in on Sunday – despite the best efforts of the previous ruling cabal to stop him Spontaneous celebrations broke out...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/jan/11/guatemala-president-bernardo-arevalo-change-hope
Photographer and visual storyteller Annie Grossinger has used her own pictures and archival photos to reconstruct the career of her grandfather and CIA station chief John Dougherty, who was linke...
From the 1960s, baby brokers persuaded often Indigenous Mayan women to give up newborns while kidnappers ‘disappeared’ babies. Now, international adoption is being called out as a way of cove...
If Bernardo Arévalo is blocked from governing or ousted, it will be an ominous sign in a region where democracy is in peril In August, I packed into Guatemala City’s Constitution Plaza along...
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/18/guatemala-president-bernardo-arevalo-democracy
An acclaimed new voice in experimental music, the Guatemalan cellist swapped scaling literal and creative peaks for a more exploratory mindset, finding community and fertile collaborations in Mex...
Clear skies accompanying snow cover is driving down temperatures across north-east of country Low pressure developed across eastern China on Sunday, tracking across the northern coast of the Se...
Demonstrations surge after court upheld suspension of Bernardo Arévalo’s party over alleged voter registration fraud Thousands of protestors have blocked roads across Guatemala in surging d...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/06/guatemala-protests-president-elect-bernardo-arevalo
Fears Guatemalan democracy is in peril amid warning of potential coup to block inauguration of anti-corruption crusader International concern over the future of Guatemala’s democracy is growi...
Department of Homeland Security’s decision reversal makes Guatemalan native Andres Domingo no longer eligible for a visa One day after a story was published by the Guardian, Andres Domingo�...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/19/homeland-security-ice-rescind-assault-claims-u-visa
Multiple assaults, ‘coercion’ and visa denial for Andres Domingo raises concerns of systemic mistreatment in Ice detention centers While detained at Miami’s Krome detention center, Andres...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/14/ice-sexual-assault-florida-u-visa-homeland-security
Bernado Arévalo’s surprise victory comes at time of growing concern for state of democracy in Central America Central America’s democratic downswing has received a powerful correction afte...
Polls show centre-left anti-corruption candidate has the lead as Sunday’s vote takes place against backdrop of smear campaigns Guatemala is bracing for elections this weekend seen as a key te...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/19/guatemala-election-corruption-democracy
Indigenous defenders opposing the Marlin mine were criminalised by a corporation and its state allies It has been 15 years since the anti-mining activist Patrocinia Mejía was forced to hide in...
Semilla’s Bernardo Arévalo, who came second in June election, condemns ‘flagrant demonstration of the political persecution’ The Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo has d...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/21/guatemala-bernardo-arevalo-police-raid-runoff
Duvan Perez, 16, dies at Mar-Jac factory in Hattiesburg amid rollback of child labor laws across several US states A 16-year-old from Guatemala died on Friday after sustaining a workplace injur...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/jul/19/guatemalan-boy-dies-mississippi-child-labor-law
Prosecutor suspends Movimiento Semilla after Bernardo Arévalo unexpectedly reached second round Guatemala’s presidential election has been thrown into confusion after the country’s top pro...
Frontrunner Sandra Torres alleged votes were manipulated after centrist Bernardo Arevalo claimed surprise runner-up spot The US has issued a warning over possible efforts to interfere with Guat...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/03/us-warning-guatemala-election-result