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Guatemala Offers Asylum to Nicaraguan Migrants Deported by U.S.

AFP - June 28, 2025

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U.S. – Guatemala Security Pact Targets Crime and Helps Returning Migrants

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Guatemala and U.S. Strengthen Cooperation on Migration and Transnational Crime

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Fuego Volcano Forces Evacuations in Guatemala Amid Ashfall and Pyroclastic Flows

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Guatemala To Build USAID-Funded Migrant Center Amid U.S. Deportation Push

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Guatemala announced plans on Wednesday, March 12, 2025, to build a new center for deported migrants near its border with Mexico, a project funded...

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Guatemala’s Fuego Volcano Activity Ends After Dramatic Eruption and Evacuation

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Guatemalan authorities evacuated around 1,000 people Monday after Central America's most active volcano erupted, spewing lava, ash and rocks. By night, however, the eruption...

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Guatemala Residents Flee as Fuego Volcano Unleashes Lava and Ash

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Nearly a thousand people were evacuated early Monday morning following a new eruption of the Fuego volcano in Guatemala, which is located near the...

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Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Sect Members Arrested in Guatemala for Child Abuse

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Three Americans and one Canadian, members of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect, were arrested in Guatemala on charges of child abuse and mistreatment, police and...

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Guatemala Bus Tragedy Claims 52 Lives in Devastating Ravine Plunge

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At least 52 people died on Monday when a bus carrying more than 70 passengers plunged into a ravine at the northern entrance to...

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US Seeks Guatemala’s Help with Mass Deportations Under Trump Plan

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U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio seeks cooperation on migration in Guatemala this Wednesday, where President Bernardo Arévalo hopes for support from the new...

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Guatemalan Journalists Face Ongoing Judicial Persecution

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reported Wednesday that journalists in Guatemala continue working in a "hostile" environment due to ongoing "criminalization" cases driven by the...

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Guatemala Fuego Volcano Spews Massive Ash Clouds and Rock Fragments

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The Fuego volcano, located 35 km from Guatemala's capital, is registering launches of columns of gas, ash, and rocks, reported the institute of volcanology...