Guatemala News
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A 1,500 year old Mayan altar discovered in a small archeological site in northern Guatemala is drawing comparisons to popular fantasy drama television series "Game of Thrones" for its descriptions of the Kaanul dynasty's political strategies aimed at b...
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Guatemala City -
Thousands of Guatemalan farmers marched peacefully in the capital Wednesday demanding that President Jimmy Morales quit and that a UN-backed anti-corruption office get a new lease on life.
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Guatemala City -
Guatemala President Jimmy Morales ordered the head of a United Nations anti-corruption commission be blocked from entering the Central American country just four days after shutting down the mission.
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Guatemala City -
Women's rights activists were forced into a hasty retreat Tuesday in the face of fierce church-led opposition to proposed legislation to loosen strict abortion laws.
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The European Union on Sunday accused the Guatemalan government of President Jimmy Morales of taking a "step backward" by shutting down a UN mission investigating corruption in the central American country.
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Guatemala City -
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales on Friday announced he was shutting down a UN mission investigating corruption in his country, accusing it of interfering in its internal affairs.
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Guatemala City -
Former Guatemalan president Alvaro Colom, arrested in February over corruption allegations, left preventative detention Friday night after his bond was paid, the state penitentiary system said.
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Guatemala City -
The death toll from the violent eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano on June 3 has risen to 121, after the identification of five cadavers recovered from the devastated zone, a forensics institute said Wednesday.
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Guatemala City -
Deportations of Guatemalans have increased 80 percent this year on the back of US President Donald Trump's controversial "zero tolerance" policy towards unauthorized migrants, Guatemala said on Thursday.
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New York -
Yeni Gonzalez sobbed as she clutched the lollipop given to her Tuesday by one of her three children, whom she had not seen since being arrested and separated from them by US border police six weeks ago.
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Guatemala City -
US Vice President Mike Pence urged Central American leaders Thursday to halt what he called an exodus of people that has triggered a humanitarian crisis at the US border with Mexico.
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Guatemala City -
Guatemalan lawmakers filed a manslaughter suit Wednesday against the head of the country's civil protection agency over its failure to warn people about the eruption of the Fuego volcano, which left at least 112 dead.
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Guatemala City -
Guatemala Monday asked the US government to give its migrants Temporary Protected Status after the devastating Fuego volcano eruption.
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San Pedro Sula -
When Ever Sierra arrived back in his native Honduras, deported after trying to enter the US, his eight-month-old daughter's shoes were hanging from his backpack.She was being held in a detention center in McAllen, Texas, along with her mother.
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Guatemala City -
Authorities on Sunday called off a search for the nearly 200 people missing since Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted earlier this month, devastating the surrounding countryside.
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Guatemala City -
Authorities on Sunday called off a search for the nearly 200 people missing since Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted earlier this month, devastating the surrounding countryside.
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Scores of civil defense and rescue workers scrambled Monday to try to find any unlikely survivors of the Fuego volcano's deadly eruption more than a week on.
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Escuintla -
At an improvised morgue in the Guatemalan town of Escuintla, dozens of people stand around in an anguished daze, clutching photos of their loved ones, hoping to recover their bodies for burial.
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Guatemala City -
The death toll from the eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano has reached 109, officials said Thursday.The National Forensic Sciences Agency said morgues had received the remains of 109 victims of Sunday's eruption. The previous toll was 99.
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Police tied a red tape to an electricity pole outside Henry Rivas's house. It's supposed to warn of danger, but after Sunday's devastating volcanic eruption, Henry has come to think of it as marking a boundary between life and death.
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Guatemala City -
The threat of fresh landslides forced emergency workers Thursday to suspend a search for victims of a major eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano, the country's disaster management agency said.
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Escuintla -
Explosions boomed from Guatemala's fearsome Fuego volcano Wednesday, unleashing fresh torrents of mud and ash down slopes, as the death toll from a previous eruption rose to at least 99.
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Alotenango -
Nearly 200 people are missing and at least 75 have been killed since Guatemala's Fuego volcano began erupting over the weekend, officials said Tuesday.
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After Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted on Sunday killing at least 69 people, here is a list of the most deadly volcanic eruptions over the last quarter century.
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Rescue workers pulled more bodies Monday from under the dust and rubble left by an explosive eruption of Guatemala's Fuego volcano, bringing the death toll to at least 69.
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Escuintla -
Sitting on the floor of the community shelter where he and his family found refuge, Manuel Lopez breathed a sigh of relief Monday after his close call with Guatemala's deadly Fuego volcano.
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Alotenango -
Emergency workers will resume the search on Monday for Guatemalans missing after the eruption of the Fuego volcano, which belched out clouds of ash and flows of lava and left at least 25 people dead.
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Guatemala City -
At least 25 people were killed when Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted Sunday, belching ash and rock and forcing the airport to close, the country's disaster agency said.
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Guatemala City -
At least six people were killed when Guatemala's Fuego volcano erupted Sunday, belching ash and rock and forcing the airport to close.The strong eruption was the second major one this year.
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Guatemala City -
Guatemala's former army chief and other retired officers received long prison terms Wednesday for the rape and torture of a woman and the disappearance of her brother in 1981 during the country's civil war.
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Guatemala Image
Mayan Ceremony to mark the end of the 13th Baktun - December 21, 2012 YouTube
Volcano of Fire (Volcan de Fuego), Guatemala Ron Kelly
A Guatemalan elementary school student Wikicommons
Archaeologists excavate an early residential structure at Ceibal, from about 500 B.C. Takeshi Inomata/University of Arizona
4th Annual Clown Congress held in Guatemala City. Video screen capture
Violent Evictions at El Estor, Guatemala. Screenshot / rightsaction.org
Volcano of Fire (Volcan de Fuego), Guatemala Ron Kelly
Mob beats and burns 16-year-old girl in Guatemala. Screengrab via Youtube / International News Co.
Authorities search for evidence and scene of massacre in Villa Canales Guatemala Screen Capture
4th Annual Clown Congress held in Guatemala City. Video screen capture
2007 eruption of Fuego volcano in Guatemala zaxl4
Volcano of Fire (Volcan de Fuego), Guatemala Ron Kelly
Crossing Mexico's Southern border on the
Suchiate River on the Mexico-Guatemala border. VICE
Sandra Torres, presidential candidate in 2015 Guatemala Presidential election. Guatebot
A traditional indigenous home. The roof is made from manaca palm leaves. The house is typical of the Golfo Dulce área, Guatemala. Jjaz
This is a round structure uncovered at Ceibal, from about 500 B.C. Takeshi Inomata/University of Arizona
Mayan Ceremony to mark the end of the 13th Baktun - December 21, 2012 YouTube
Mayan women in Guatemala David Amsler/Flickr Creative Commons
Map of southern Mexico and Central America Screen Capture
Volcano of Fire in Guatemala erupts on September 13, 2012 Video screen capture
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