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Scholarship in Tailoring Saves Guatemalan Mother from Risky Emigration

Overwhelmed by poverty, Francisca Lares thought about emigrating from Guatemala. However, she learned tailoring and discarded that idea. Now she is glad she didn’t...

Mexico to Guatemala City Bicycle Caravan Seeks Family Reunification

A bicycle caravan that arrived from Mexico traveled through Guatemala’s capital this Sunday to demand justice for thousands of illegal adoptions of children during...

Guatemala Rejects Jailed Journalist Zamora’s Appeal

Guatemala's Supreme Court rejected on Thursday an appeal by journalist José Rubén Zamora to reverse the order that sent him back to jail two...

Guatemala Busts Traffickers as 88 Migrants Head for U.S. Border

Guatemalan police intercepted a bus on Sunday carrying 88 irregular migrants heading to the United States, primarily Haitians and Cubans, and arrested two alleged...

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

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

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

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...

Guatemala Residents Flee as Fuego Volcano Unleashes Lava and Ash

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

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

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...

Guatemala Bus Tragedy Claims 52 Lives in Devastating Ravine Plunge

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

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

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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Plastic Pollution Costs $1.5 Trillion Annually

Representatives from 184 countries began negotiations on Tuesday at the UN headquarters in Geneva to draft, within ten days, the first global treaty aimed...

IKEA Plans To Open First Store in Costa Rica

IKEA plans to open its first store in Costa Rica after signing a franchise agreement with Sarton Group. The deal announced today gives Sarton...

The Day Costa Rica Stopped to Celebrate Claudia Poll’s Olympic Victory

In the decades I have lived here, there were two sporting events that were so big that the country came to a brief standstill....

Costa Rica Urged to Fix Broken Forestry Permit System

A new report by the Comptroller General's Office (CGR) revealed that poor management of the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) by the Ministry...