Guatemala
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AMERICAS
Guatemala Maras Trade Extortion Fear for Cocaine Cash and Control
Guatemala's police say Mara Salvatrucha and Barrio 18 are moving beyond extortion into drug trafficking, a dangerous shift that could…
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Environment
Guatemala’s Pacific Graves Show Climate Crisis Eating Latin America’s Shoreline
Tropical Storm Cristina exposed Guatemala's Pacific coast as a frontline of climate change, where rising seas, violent surf, damaged homes,…
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AMERICAS
Guatemalan Maya Climb Chicabal Seeking Rain as Climate Anxiety Deepens
At a sacred volcanic lagoon, Maya Mam families ask for rain as drought threatens crops, turning an ancestral ceremony into…
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AMERICAS
Guatemala’s Army Courts Washington While Cartels Wait at the Border
Guatemala's military says it is rebuilding trust with Washington, Europe, and its own citizens while trying to seal its ranks…
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Entertainment
Guatemalan Arjona Turns Madison Square Garden Into a Borderless Cabaret
Ricardo Arjona arrived in New York with sold-out shows and an old chorus that still stings. Onstage at Madison Square…
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LIFE
Guatemala City Faces Unrest as El Gallito Reopens and the City Feels Under Siege
After ten police killings and a state of siege, armed patrols enter El Gallito, a neighborhood long ruled by gangs,…
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AMERICAS
Guatemala Prisons Rule Streets While Cells Command Violence Economy
From behind bars, gangs in Guatemala run extortion rackets like call centers, directing threats, payments, and killings while enjoying privileges…
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AMERICAS
Guatemala Wakes Up Under Emergency Rules as Gangs Test State Power
After prison riots spilled into street attacks, Guatemala entered a thirty-day emergency that limits protests and expands police powers. With…
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LIFE
Concrete Floors, Living Futures: How Guatemala Can End a Preventable Health Crisis
A concrete floor isn't charity; it's public health with generational returns. In Guatemala, where a million homes still rest on…
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LIFE
Guatemala Learns to Dance with Death, Memory, And Unfinished Histories
In three long, haunting stories, Guatemalan writer Arnoldo Gálvez Suárez turns death from a doom into a reckoning. As he…
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