Guatemala Reaches Semis Of CONCACAF Qualifiers

News Americas, ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Mon. Oct. 17, 2011: Guatemala on Saturday became only the second team to reach the semi-final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifier. The Central American team advanced after Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines drew 1-1 on Saturday. The result left Guatemala...

Guatemala Referee To Oversee Champions League Group Stage Match

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Fri. Oct. 14, 2011: Guatemala-born, Walter Lopez is set to referee the final match of the CONCACAF Champions League Group Stage game between Motagua and the Los Angeles Galaxy on October 20, which will determine the last quarter-final berth. Lopez, who has refereed two previous...

Guatemala Moves Closer To Semis Of World Cup Qualifier

News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Mon. Oct. 10, 2011: Guatemala’s win over St. Vincent Friday has moved it closer to the semi-final round of CONCACAF World Cup qualifying. Mario Rodriguez shone for his side with two goals to lead Guatemala to a 3-0 victory over St. Vincent. The win move the team six points...

Palestine Gets Latin America Support At U.N.

Mexico President addressing the UN General Assembly on Sept. 21, 2011. (Hayden Roger Celestin image)News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Thurs. Sept. 22, 2011: Latin American leaders addressing the U.N. General Assembly Wednesday all pledged support for a full Palestinian state as President leader Mahmoud Abbas...

Three Dead In Guatemala Quake

News Americas, GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Weds. Sept. 21, 2011: Three deaths have so far been reported following six quakes that struck in three hours in the southeastern part of Guatemala late Monday. A 38-year-old woman, Floridalma Divas Escobar, died when a wall fell down in her house in Cuilapa,...

Quake Shakes Guatemala As Election Heads To Run-Off

Guatemala's presidential candidate of the Patriotic Party Otto Perez MolinaNews Americas, GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Tues. Sept. 13, 2011: A 4.5 magnitude earthquake shook parts of Guatemala Monday even as the country’s presidential election ended in a run-off. The quake was centered closest to...

Guatemalans Did Die From Deliberate Infection With STD’s

News Americas, GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Tues. Aug. 30, 2011: Over six dozen Guatemalans were deliberately infected by US government scientists with syphilis and gonorrhea in the 1940s. That’s according to the latest conclusion of a presidential commission in Washington. The Commission for the study...

Guatemala To Face Seattle Sounders

News Americas, Seattle, Washington, Tues. Aug. 16, 2011: Guatemalan CSD Comunicaciones will face the Seattle Sounders FC tonight in Seattle. The match at CenturyLink Field will see the two sides clash in the CONCACAF match-up. While there’s four American teams in the competition, Comunicaciones...

Guatemalan Soldiers Jailed For Life

News Americas, GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Weds. Aug. 3, 2011: Four former Guatemalan soldiers will spend the rest of their lives in jail. Daniel Martinez, Manuel Pop Sun, and Reyes Collin Gualip were sentenced to 6,060 years in prison each for murder and crimes against humanity. The four were yesterday...

Guatemalan Deported

News Americas, LOS ANGELES, CA, Thurs. July 14, 2011: A former member of the Guatemalan army whom witnesses say participated in a massacre there three decades ago that claimed at least 162 lives has been deported. The deportation of Pedro Pimentel Rios, 54, capped an effort by U.S. Immigration and Customs...