The Latest Breaking News from Guatemala

Guatemalan journalist released to house arrest after anti-corruption investigations, highlighting challenges faced by journalists in upholding press freedom.

By the time Carmen Maldonado’s remains were finally located more than two weeks later, the body was too badly decomposed for a proper open casket funeral, her family alleges

A new legal analysis says Guatemala is effectively stuck with Attorney General Consuelo Porras, who has been criticized and sanctioned by countries around the world for allegedly obstructing corruption investigations and using her power to persecute political opponents

The choice was considered critical for the fight against graft in one of Central America's poorest countries, whose President Bernardo Arevalo has denounced the existence of a "corrupt pact" among politicians, prosecutors, judges and business elites he says have wielded power from the shadows.

Mexican army troops opened fire on a truck carrying migrants from a half dozen countries, and six migrants from Egypt, Peru and El Salvador died in an event that President Claudia Sheinbaum called “deplorable.”

The farms in Costa Rica and Guatemala will work to mitigate the effects of climate change on coffee production.

Thirty-six people, including 23 active and two retired police officers, were arrested in the operation that involved 34 raids in the capital and other cities, according to Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez.

The powerful story of how Mary Husted was forced to give her 10-day-old son up for adoption inspired her art and its viewers, while in Guatemala women with disabilities finally get a voice

The world’s greatest stage is the sprawling Midtown Manhattan complex where leaders meet each year to discuss humanity’s future

Photographer Diego Rizzo tells us about the story behind his shot 'Aftermath of a Volcanic Explosion' captured in Guatemala

The program buses roughly 10,000 migrants each month back to the border with Guatemala, where many simply turn around and head north again