Guatemala News

GUATEMALA CITY, Jul 10 - Marco Tulio Guerra went to work as usual that morning at the meatpacking plant in Postville, Iowa.

Share + Jul 9, 2009 6:06 pm US/Eastern LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ, Associated Press Writers STUART, Fla.

Speculation grew yesterday about who might be behind the Indian peasant uprising in the Mexican jungle state of Chiapas that has so far claimed more than 80 lives and stunned the government of President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

From the window of his office on Race Street in the heart of Georgetown, Police Chief Bill Topping watches as two Latinas -- a mother and daughter, perhaps -- walk down the street.

Guatemala, Jul 6 Large Guatemalan rivers threaten to overflow after strong rains last week.

The referendum is on whether a further vote should be held to decide to re-write the Central American nation's constitution.

In signing up to be a Peace Corps volunteer, you're really signing up for 27 months of adventure.

In this economic climate, there are not a lot of cities and towns in Massachusetts boasting good financial health.

Debbie Western and Lynda Buffett of the Rotary Club of Shelburne, along with three other Rotarians from neighbouring clubs made the trip to Gualan in April to oversee the commencement of work to revitalize Gualana s water treatment facility.A A The treatment facility supplies water to the 50,000 residents of Gualan.

Latin American governments on Sunday condemned the military coup in Honduras that ousted President Manuel Zelaya and forced him to go in exile in Costa Rica.

June 25, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin is in Kosovo visiting approximately 140 Alaska Army National Guard aviators who are deployed for 12 months on a peacekeeping mission.

The Guatemalan Health Ministry reported on Thursday the first death from A/H1N1 flu in the country.

GUATEMALA CITY, Jun 24 - Veteran television reporter Rolando Santiz was on his way to downtown Guatemala City on Apr.

The uncle of the Greenport teen missing since he attended a party in Southold nearly two weeks ago spoke out Wednesday, expressing bewilderment that his quiet, hardworking nephew has disappeared.

The Guatemalan government is negotiating the purchase of land holding the ruins of Zaculeu, a Maya fortress that served as a trench against the advance of the Spaniards, in the northwestern province of Huehuetenango, Culture Minister Jeronimo Lancerio said.

Politics is hardly ever boring. Central American countries - Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua - are experiencing significant changes.

Guatemala, Jun 18 The obstruction of justice in solving the first legal case of a forced disappearances in Guatemala was denounced in this capital on Thursday.

Corn-wrapped steak tacos, black beans and tamarind juice used to fly out from behind the counter at Mi Laurita restaurant in Georgetown.

This yeara TMs conference will take place against the background of an unprecedented global financial and economic crisis.

Diana Morales, a Trenton Central High School senior who came to the United States from Guatemala 12 years ago, has won the 2009 ETS-Trenton High School Scholarship.