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November 21, 2020 at 2:03 pm

Protesters torch Guatemala’s Congress building amid unrest VIEW

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Hundreds of protesters broke into Guatemala's Congress and burned part of the building Saturday amid growing demonstrations against President Alejandro Giammattei...

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A rescue dog and his handler search for survivors amid the destruction caused by a massive, rain-fueled landslide in the village of Queja, in Guatemala, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta. (Esteban Biba/Pool Photo via AP) GTM114 GTM114

November 6, 2020 at 9:00 pm

Guatemala searches, Eta regains storm status, heads to Cuba VIEW

PURULHA, Guatemala (AP) — Searchers in Guatemala dug through mud and debris looking for an estimated 100 people believed buried by a massive, rain-fueled landslide,...

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November 5, 2020 at 9:01 pm

Guatemala digs through landslide where 100 believed buried VIEW

PURULHA, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan search brigades pulled the first bodies Friday from a massive rain-fueled landslide where at least 100 people are believed to...

People help each other wade through a flooded street in the aftermath of Hurricane Eta in Jerusalen, Honduras, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. The storm that hit Nicaragua as a Category 4 hurricane on Tuesday had become more of a vast tropical rainstorm, but it was advancing so slowly and dumping so much rain that much of Central America remained on high alert. (AP Photo/Delmer Martinez) MXEV109 MXEV109

November 4, 2020 at 9:01 pm

Weakened Eta drenches Central America; at least 57 dead VIEW

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — The rain-heavy remnants of Hurricane Eta flooded homes from Panama to Guatemala Thursday as the death toll across Central...

October 13, 2020 at 1:52 pm

Report: US agents working in Guatemala violated agreement

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — U.S. immigration agents assigned to Guatemala to advise local authorities violated terms of their funding by helping officials deport Hondurans traveling...

October 2, 2020 at 9:04 pm

Many in migrant caravan bused back to Honduran border VIEW

POPTUN, Guatemala (AP) — Hundreds of U.S.-bound Honduran migrants who had entered Guatemala this week without registering were being bused back to their country's border...

October 1, 2020 at 9:03 pm

Guatemala vows to detain, return new migrant caravan VIEW

MORALES, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemala vowed to detain and return members of a new caravan of about 2,000 migrants that set out from neighboring Honduras...

Migrants attempt to cross the border from Corinto, Honduras, into Corinto, Guatemala, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020. Hundreds of migrants walked from San Pedro Sula, Honduras to the Guatemala border, testing a well-trod migration route now in times of the new coronavirus. (AP Photo) HND103 HND103

October 1, 2020 at 8:38 am

Hundreds of Honduran migrants set out for US amid pandemic VIEW

Authorities had planned to register the Hondurans as they crossed in Guatemala and offer assistance to those willing to turn back, but the group crossed...

Freshly dug graves are seen at a section where COVID-19 victims are buried at La Verbena cemetery in Guatemala City, Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Santiago Billy ) XMC104 XMC104

July 29, 2020 at 10:45 am

Guatemala burying dozens of unidentified COVID-19 dead VIEW

For now, the unidentified COVID-19 victims are buried deep in the capital’s Verbena Cemetery. The unadorned graves are simply marked with a number.

July 15, 2020 at 12:21 pm

Signs that Guatemala’s justice system is under attack

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — In Guatemala, death threats have driven two anti-corruption prosecutors from the country in the past year, and their unit’s leader has...