Guatemala
Guatemala jails civil war officer and paramilitary in landmark slavery case
A retired army officer and a former paramilitary were jailed for 120 and 240 years respectively for the sexual enslavement of women during Guatemala’s...
Hundreds feared dead in Guatemala landslide, as some families relieved just to find bodies
Hopes have faded of finding any remaining survivors of a massive landslide that swallowed part of a Guatemalan town killing more than 100 people, with...
TV comedian is frontrunner for Guatemala presidency as voters weary of corruption
A TV comedian leads the race to become the next president of corruption-plagued Guatemala. With about 51 percent of polling stations reporting, Jimmy...
TV comedian leads race for Guatemala presidency as voters weary of corruption
A TV comedian is leading the race to become the next president of corruption-plagued Guatemala. With about 51% of polling stations reporting, Jimmy...
Guatemalan voters see little hope for an end to corruption
The people of Guatemala are heading to the polls today to pick a new leader as they reel from a corruption scandal which sees their former president festering...
Voters choose their next president but see little hope for an end to corruption
The people of Guatemala are heading to the polls today to pick a new leader as they reel from a corruption scandal which sees their former president festering...
‘Customs scam’ president spends night in jail after new leader is sworn in
Otto Perez Molina has spent his first night in custody after he quit as president of Guatemala to answer allegations over a multi-million-dollar fraud.
New leader in Guatemala after ‘customs scam’ President resigns
Guatemala’s new president had only just occupied the vice president’s chair when he was promoted to the country’s top spot following...
Thousands march through streets calling on president of Guatemala to resign
Tens of thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets on Thursday to demand the resignation of President Otto Perez, who has refused to quit in the face...
Thousands march streets of Guatemala demanding President Otto Perez resign
Tens of thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets on Thursday to demand the resignation of President Otto Perez, who has refused to quit in the face...
Guatemala wiretaps lead to fraud, bribery cases in gov’t
Wiretappings that prosecutors used to track down a million-dollar fraud ring run out of the Guatemalan government have cost the vice president her job...
Members of Jewish ‘Lev Tahor’ sect leave Guatemala village after cold reception
A few months after moving from Canada to a remote part of Guatemala to find religious freedom, a group of ultra orthodox Jews have been forced out of their...
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