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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
News Americas, GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Weds. July 13, 2011: As Argentina and fans of Facundo Cabral get ready to say good bye to him today, Guatemala police yesterday announced two arrests in his murder.
Police say the suspects, Elgin Vargas Hernandez and Wilfred Stokes Arnold, were caught after being...
News Americas, GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Mon. July 11, 2011: Fans on Argentina singer Facundo Cabral are mourning his passing after the 74-year-old was killed in an ambush by gunmen in Guatemala City.
President Alvaro Colom called the murder a “cowardly act” and decreed three days of mourning....
News Americas, GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Thurs. June 23, 2011: U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, has vowed the U.S. will support proven programs to keep young people away from criminal activity.
Speaking at the Central American Security Conference in Guatemala Wednesday, Clinton said...
News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Tues. June 21, 2011: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to be in Guatemala tomorrow for the SICA International Conference of Support for the Central American Security Strategy.
Clinton will lead the U.S. delegation to the conference that is set for June 22,...
Mildred Baena and son as seen in Hello Magazine. (Hello Magazine mage)News Americas, LOS ANGELES, CA, Weds. June 15, 2011: Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Guatemalan-born “baby mama’” is breaking her silence and speaking out about the affair.
Mildred Baena, in an interview published Tuesday by Hello!...
