Guatemala ended on Monday a state of emergency declared a month ago after several armed attacks by the Barrio 18 gang left 11 police officers dead, and is now preparing a fresh security deployment in ...

Guatemala is returning to hardline security policies amid a resurgence of gang activity, two years after its president pledged a renewed approach to the problem. Upon taking office in January 2024, ...

Guatemala has ended its monthlong state of emergency after deadly attacks on police pushed President Bernardo Arévalo to seek special powers against gangs Tuesday 17 February 2026 03:33 GMT Guatemala ...

United Nations experts have called for an investigation into Guatemalan Attorney General Consuelo Porras for her alleged involvement in illegal adoptions of a number of indigenous children, which she ...

Long before “black capitalism” be came a politically popular catch phrase, Negro-owned “soul banks” started sprouting in ghetto areas. In 1962, there were ten Negro-owned and operated banks in the U.S ...

In Guatemala’s presidential runoff in August 2023, political outsider Bernardo Arévalo de León won 58 percent of the vote, beating establishment candidate and former First Lady Sandra Torres. The ...