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Guatemala Seeks 2,860-Year Prison Sentence for General in Genocide Trial

The Guatemalan Prosecutor's Office requested a prison sentence of 2,860 years this Thursday for a general for the extermination of Indigenous people during the...
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Guatemalan Journalist José Rubén Zamora Released After Two Years in Prison

The Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora was released from prison this Saturday after more than two years in detention. He will now serve house...

Save the Children Denies Child Trafficking Allegations in Guatemala

The NGO Save the Children denied being involved in the trafficking of migrant children in Guatemala, a day after the prosecutor's office raided five...

Guatemala Dismantles Major Migrant Trafficking Ring Involving Police

Guatemalan authorities dismantled a migrant trafficking network destined for the United States on Tuesday, which included police officers, according to Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez.The...

Rare American Flamingo Spotted in Costa Rica for the First Time

An unusual visitor made an appearance in Moín on Saturday: an American Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) was spotted on the beach, later reappearing at the...

Five Things to Know About the Crucial Judicial Reform in Guatemala

The Guatemalan Congress will elect the new Supreme Court justices starting next week, in a crucial process for the fight against corruption in a...

Guatemala Arrests Leader of Migrant Trafficking Network Linked to 53 Deaths

The Guatemalan police arrested a man on Wednesday who was wanted for extradition by the United States, accused of leading a network linked to...

Ex-Guatemalan Police Chief Deported from US, Faces Murder Charges

The United States deported a former local police chief to Guatemala on Monday, who was involved in the homicide of two people in an...

Indigenous Women Lead Cleanup Efforts at Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán

Wading into the water and walking along the beach, a hundred indigenous women collected accumulated garbage this Saturday on a shore of the paradisiacal...

Guatemalan Mayans Commemorate Five Centuries of Resistance

With a walk, ceremonies, dances, music, and a demonstration of the ancestral ball game, indigenous people commemorate this Saturday in a Mayan village in...

Guatemala Issues Historic Apology for Black Market Adoptions

Guatemala's president on Friday offered an official apology to one of the many families whose children were taken away and adopted abroad in a...
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