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The global economic decline has hit Central America hard. Unemployment has increased, remittances from emigrants have declined and governments face rising deficits and debt that jeopardize their ability to meet increased social demands.

Guatemala will pay $3 million to compensate victims of a civil war-era massacre in order to comply with an international court ruling, the nation's human rights chief said on Monday.

Bus driver Mynor Gonzalez ignored the threats: '200 quetzales a week, or we'll kill you.' He knew drivers who didn't pay the roughly $24 'protection' fee had been murdered, but always on other routes.

The Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, Governor General of Canada, is undertaking a State visit to Guatemala from December 9 to 12, accompanied by her husband, Mr.

Marco Antonio Sanchez and three of his subordinates, Jose Domingo Rios, Gabriel Maldonado Alvarez Ramos and Solomon Rivers, guilty of enforced disappearance [ Prensa Libre report, in Spanish]. On October 19, 1981, eight people from the village El Jute, in the province of Chiquimula, were seized by soldiers and taken to a military base in Zacapa.

Fiscalia Investigates Lawyers For "Marriages of Convenience" The Fiscalia confirmed Wednesday it is investigating at least two lawyers and notaries for officiating more than 100 marriages of convenience.

There's a number of live call outs for support if you want to help end violence against women.

President of the Central American Parliament Jacinto Suarez said on Monday that the presidents of the Central American countries did not support Panama's request of withdrawal from the Parlacen.

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom's visit to Russia initially planned for late November has been delayed until a later date, Colom's spokesman Ronaldo Robles said.

Costa Rica's Bryan Ruiz, bottom, gestures in front of Uruguay's goalkeeper Fernado Muslera after missing a shot during a 2010 World Cup qualifying playoff first leg soccer match in San Jose, Saturday.

Forty percent of Guatemala's estimated 900,000 residents over the age of 60 are living in a state of poverty, the national ombudsman's office said.

Guatemalan president Alvaro Colom is pushing for a fiscal reform package to boost dwindling finances needed to fight high crime and poverty, but stiff opposition threatens to kill the plan.

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom will make a three-days official visit to this capital to meet with his Russian peer Dmitri Medvedev, affirmed the Guatemalan ambassador to Moscow, Arturo Duarte Ortiz.

GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 3 - Construction is expected to begin soon on a new highway across north-central Guatemala, the largest infrastructure project tackled so far by the government of Alvaro Colom.

CNN and Oprah's Book Club are teaming up to bring you a discussion of "Say You're One of Them," a book of short stories about African children who face the unimaginable.

An assistant to the judge handling the case of a man who blamed his death on Guatemala's president has himself been killed by gunmen.

While on routine patrol in the Eastern Pacific off the coast of Central America , a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Maritime Patrol Aircraft detected the self-propelled semi-submersible in international waters.

The rainy season has watered crops in Guatemala, but relief workers and food experts say the rainfall has done little to help the country recover from a major drought that's aggravated malnutrition rates and already claimed dozens of lives this year.

GUATEMALA/COLOMBIA - The presidents of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, and Guatemala, Alvaro Colom, exchanged Tuesday notes for the initiation of the Free Trade Agreement between both countries.

Guatemala, Oct 13 Guatemalan indigenous people who staged strong protests in the capital return to their places of origin Tuesday, after their leaders and the government agreed to hold a meeting with President Alvaro Colom.