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Guatemalan officials on Friday announced the resumption of international adoptions after a nearly two-year suspension prompted by the discovery that some babies were being sold.
A Danish tourist died Friday, two days after being shot by robbers who tried to steal his camera while he visited a cemetery. Police said two suspected gang members had been arrested.
An assistant to the judge handling the case of a man who blamed his death on Guatemala's president has himself been killed by gunmen.
Two separate attacks on police in Guatemala have killed one officer and wounded six more.
Authorities in Guatemala arrested nine suspects Friday, including five police officers, in the killing of a prominent lawyer who accused President Alvaro Colom of involvement in his death in a posthumously released video.
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared "a state of public calamity" late Tuesday to help mobilize funds and resources to confront a food shortage that will affect thousands of families.
Guatemalan police say four prison officials have been shot to death in three separate attacks that authorities believe are retaliation for a jail crackdown.
A Guatemalan court has convicted and sentenced a former paramilitary to 150 years in prison for the forced disappearance of six people who were abducted and presumably killed during the country's civil war — a landmark ruling hailed by human rights activists Tuesday.
Prosecutors in Guatemala have requested a restraining order against four former top police officials linked to the disappearance of hundreds of pounds (more than 100 kilograms) of cocaine, in order to keep them from leaving the country.
An appeals court found insufficient evidence to warrant the trial of a Guatemalan whose Twitter message led to his arrest on charges of inciting financial panic.
Ali Gerba scored twice in Canada's 3-0 victory over Guatemala on Tuesday in a warmup game before the Gold Cup.
Jean Anleu was so fed up with corruption in his country that he decided to vent on the Internet, sending a 96-character message on the social-networking site Twitter.
Guatemalan authorities confiscated nearly 10 million pseudoephedrine pills worth $33 million on Tuesday — the country's biggest seizure of the methamphetamine precursor, police said.
Guatemala's government is asking two towns to close down nearly all public venues to prevent the spread of swine flu.
Thousands of bullets and grenades that were part of a Mexican drug cartel's weapons cache belong to the Guatemalan army, Guatemala's anti-drug prosecutor said Thursday.
A slain lawyer's taped accusations that the president wanted him dead threaten to topple Guatemala's first leftist government in more than 50 years and have sharpened the political divide between rich and poor.
A U.S. priest who put an international spotlight on human rights abuses in Brazil in the 1970s has been killed by robbers in northern Guatemala.
A small plane crashed into a yard in Guatemala City on Thursday, reportedly killing six people on board and setting a home on fire near the airport.
Government opponents submitted 35,000 signatures Monday to demand that Congress start procedures to strip Guatemala's president of immunity from prosecution over allegations that he ordered a lawyer killed.
A leading Guatemalan environmentalist who recently survived an assassination attempt won an international human rights award Friday for his efforts to stop the rapid development of mines in the mineral-rich Central American nation.
Seismologists are reporting a strong but deeply centered earthquake in Guatemala.
Guatemalan police have arrested a gang member accused of being behind the killing of 60 bus drivers and assistants.
Guatemala is banning more than one person from riding on motorcycles in a policy aimed at stamping out attacks by cycle-mounted hit men.
Investigators in Guatemala announced Tuesday that a drug gang was responsible for the grisly killings of 15 Nicaraguans and a Dutch man aboard a bus in November.
A hitman training camp for Mexico's infamous Gulf cartel was found in northern Guatemala, along with 500 grenades, police said Friday.
DAWN.COM | Business | Pakistan slips five places in global corruption listISLAMABAD: In its Corruption Perception Index for 2009, the Transparency International has placed Pakistan at the 42nd place, slipping five places from 2008 when it was at 47.
Moonshine turns horse race rowdyBut the macho test of stamina was marred, as it has been in the past, by the copious amount of homemade spirits the riders consume, sometimes for days before the race. Depends upon what the macho test was? - H2
Guatemala honors Israel,Local congress bestows highest honor to the country for its contribution to nation's agriculture, education, medicine and security.In his speech at the ceremony, Alejos praised Israel's activity in the country. "If there is thriving agriculture – it's an Israeli contribution. If we have education, medicine and security – it's the Israelis that shared with us their rich experience," he said.
Uncovering an Ancient Mayan City's Secrets, with world's largest pyramidEl Mirador covered an area larger than downtown Los Angeles, and Hansen believes it may be home to thousands of other pyramids, Baldwin said. The city was active from about 500 B.C. to A.D. 100.
Divers probe Mayan ruins submerged in Guatemala lakeScuba divers are exploring the depths of a volcanic lake in Guatemala to find clues about an ancient sacred island where Mayan pilgrims flocked to worship before it was submerged by rising waters.
Guatemalan army stole children for adoption, report says - CNN.comThe Guatemalan army stole at least 333 children and sold them for adoption in other countries during the Central American nation's 36-year civil war, a government report has concluded.
Guatemala Mayan city may have ended in pyramid battleOne of Guatemala's greatest ancient Mayan cities may have died out in a bloody battle atop a huge pyramid between a royal family and invaders from hundreds of miles away, archaeologists say.
YouTube - The Secret GovernmentThis 1987 program by Bill Moyers is as relevant, perhaps even more so, today than it was in the 80s.
Jury rules in favor of hospital that deported injured Guatemalan A jury ruled in favor of a hospital that deported an injured immigrant back to his native Guatemala. Sould he have been sent back? Or should US taxpayers unnecessarily shoulder the burden?
South Florida hospital defends secretly deporting patientAll sides agree on one thing in the case of a South Florida hospital that secretly repatriated a seriously brain injured patient back to Guatemala.
US failed war on drugs is killing GuatemalaCalderon in Mexico has the resources (from the US) money, man power and the equipment to chase the narco gangs out of Mexico. Out to where, nobody asks, never mind, Calderon is considered to be a monumental success in the war on drugs.
Florida Hospital Secretly Deports Destitute Illegal Immigrant with 1.5 Million In Medical Bills. Says He Wanted To Go Home. All sides agree on one thing in the case of a South Florida hospital that secretly repatriated a seriously brain injured patient back to Guatemala. During the early hours of a steamy July 2003 morning, Martin Memorial Medical Center chartered a private plane and sent Luis Jimene …
The Philippines' Low Intensity Democracy[Manila, Philippines--] Ha! In my paper on US foreign policy, democratisation and the Middle East, I stumble across this is article published in the Third World Quarterly journal.
SIP condena asesinato en Guatemala y exige investigación expedita Miami (8 de junio de 2009).- La Sociedad Interamericana de Prensa (SIP) condenó y exigió una investigación inmediata por el asesinato del periodista guatemalteco Marco Antonio Estrada Orla, acaecido el sábado pasado en la ciudad de Chiquimula, al oriente del país.
10 people killed in SUV rollover near TucsonAuthorities say a sports utility vehicle crammed with 22 people rolled over in a remote area near Tucson, Ariz., killing 10 and injuring the others.
Breaking News: 7.1 magnitude earthquake off Honduras prompts tsunami alertA tsunami watch has been put in place for three central American countries after a 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Honduras. Guatemala and Belize as well as Honduras had been placed on alert, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said.
Guatemala: Twitterer Released from Jail, Now Under House ArrestJean Ramses Anleu Fernández, the soft-spoken Guatemalan I.T. worker arrested for having "tweeted" a critical opinion about the assasination/bank corruption scandal that has shaken Guatemala this week, is released from jail.
Thousands demand Guatemalan leader resignThousands of Guatemalans gathered for a march to the National Palace on Sunday to demand the president resign over accusations that he ordered a lawyer killed.
Unearthing the Mayan Creation Myth: Researchers Find it Goes Back More Than 2000 YearsArchaeologists who have uncovered two massive carved stucco panels in the Mirador Basin of Gua temala's northern rain forest say they are the earliest known representation of the Mayan creation myth, predating other such artifacts by a millennium.
The neglected story of warWhen men have done making war on each other and on each other's women, many return to home to make war on their own.
Twitter message leads to arrest after 'financial panic' in Guatemala A man has been arrested for inciting "financial panic" after he posted a Twitter message. Jean Ramses Anleu Fernandez urged people in Guatemala to boycott a bank in the aftermath of a political scandal.
Slain Lawyer's YouTube Video Plunges Guatemala into Crisis, Protests Form on FacebookThe crisis in Guatemala sparked by an assassinated attorney's final words -- captured on YouTube -- continues to expand online and in the streets.
Slain lawyer's videotaped accusations stun GuatemalaA controversial video in which a now-murdered lawyer accuses President Alvaro Colom of masterminding his killing has shaken this nation's fragile democracy.
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