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Mayan treasures are returned to Guatemala

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

El Salvador

Magnitude 7.0 earthquake shakes Central America

A strong, magnitude 7.

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…

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

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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Eritrea

Guatemala vote set to go to run-off

Guatemala’s presidential election looks set to go to a run-off after no clear winner emerged from the three leading candidates in the first round

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

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

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

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

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

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

World

Meeting of minds: what we can learn from intercultural exchanges

Sometimes we learn more about people from other cultures by meeting them than we do by reading about them. In this edition of Learning World Maha Barada presents three stories that reinforce this idea

Mexico

Several dead as magnitude 6.9 earthquake rocks Guatemala and Mexico