Guatemala
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AMERICAS
Guatemala Still Searches for Cristina as Femicide’s Silence Grows Louder
Fifteen years after Cristina Siekavizza vanished in Guatemala, her family’s plea for anonymous tips cuts through a region where femicide…
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AMERICAS
Rigoberta Menchú Warns Guatemala Justice Turns Peace Into Impunity Again
Rigoberta Menchú’s latest warning is not nostalgia from Guatemala’s war years. It is a woman’s indictment of courts captured by…
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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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