Guatemala

Guatemala

Guatemala children's home blaze leaves 19 dead

A fire at a scandal-hit children’s home in Guatemala has left 19 people dead, at least 17 of them teenage girls.

08/03/2017

Guatemala

Dutch 'abortion boat' blocked by army in Guatemala

A boat used by pro-abortion activists has been blocked by authorities in Guatemala, where the campaigners had docked looking to help women seeking to end their…

24/02/2017

Guatemala

Mayan treasures are returned to Guatemala

Around 22 archaeological pieces of Mayan origin have been returned to Guatemala.

25/01/2017

Guatemala

Central American sky lit up by spectacular meteor burst

People come out onto the streets in Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador to watch giant fireball in the sky.

28/12/2016

Guatemala

At least 9 dead following Guatemala mudslides

At least nine people have died and two people were missing from a small town near Guatemala City on Wednesday (September 7) after intense rains the night before caused a mudslide, emergency workers…

08/09/2016

Guatemala

Rosa overcomes her past to follow her dreams

08/03/2016

Guatemala

New president takes oath in Guatemala

Jimmy Morales has been sworn in as Guatemala’s new president before the country’s Congress. In his first speech to the nation the 46 year-old former

15/01/2016

Sport

Former Guatemalan football chief Jimenez arrested

Guatemalan police have arrested former national football federation president Brayan Jimenez in connection with a corruption probe into the sport’s

13/01/2016

Guatemala

A former comedian is elected president in Guatemala

A former TV comedian with no previous government experience has won Guatemala’s presidential election. Jimmy Morales cruised to victory winning over

26/10/2015

Guatemala

Death toll rises in Guatemala landslide

Authorities in Guatemala say there is little hope of finding any more survivors from last Thursday’s landslide which swept down on to a town near the

05/10/2015

Guatemala

No more survivors expected after Guatemala mudslide

Hopes fade of finding any remaining survivors under the rubble of a collapsed hillside on the outskirts of Guatemala City. At least 73 people have

04/10/2015

Guatemala

Guatemala mudslide kills dozens, 600 missing

The collapse of a hillside onto a town at the edge of Guatemala City has killed dozens of people. Officials say at least 600 people are believed

03/10/2015

Guatemala

Fatal landslip hits Guatemala

At least seven people have been killed after a rain-soaked hillside collapsed on a neighborhood on the outskirts of Guatemala’s capital. Deadly

02/10/2015

Guatemala

Actor Jimmy Morales into Guatemalan presidential run-off

Popular comic actor Jimmy Morales is the front-runner heading into next months Guatemalan presidential run-off. Newcomer #JimmyMorales leads in

07/09/2015

Guatemala

Disenchanted Guatemalans vote for new leader amid graft scandal

Guatemalans are due to vote for a new president, new lawmakers and mayors on Sunday. But the elections were overshadowed all week by a corruption scandal that has forced the president to resign and fu

06/09/2015

Guatemala

Guatemala President Perez behind bars amid corruption probe

Guatemala’s former leader Otto Perez is to remain in jail over his alleged role in a bribery scandal that has plunged the country into political

04/09/2015

Guatemala

Guatemela's president resigns amid corruption scandal

Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has resigned, his spokesman said on Thursday, in the face of a corruption scandal that has thrown the country

03/09/2015

Guatemala

Guatemalan congress votes to strip president of immunity

The impeachment of Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has moved a little closer after the country’s congress voted to strip him of his immunity

02/09/2015

Guatemala

Guatemala's Supreme Court approves bid to impeach president

Guatemala’s Supreme Court has approved a request by the country’s attorney general to impeach President Otto Perez Molina over alleged corruption

26/08/2015

Guatemala

Guatemala president denies wrongdoing in corruption scandal

A former vice-president of Guatemala, Roxana Baldetti has appeared in court for the first time since her arrest last week on charges of corruption

25/08/2015

My Europe Series

Food security in Guatemala

05/11/2010