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‘Simulation of democracy’: Guatemala readies for election amid concerns of manipulation

Candidates have been disqualified on spurious grounds as experts warn of country backsliding into autocracy

The Guardian - US

AP Explains: Guatemala prepares to vote after tumultuous campaign

This has been one of the most turbulent election seasons in Guatemala’s modern history

The Independent UK

A court in Guatemala has sentenced a prominent journalist to 6 years in jail

Human rights groups have called the trial of journalist José Rubén Zamora a politically motivated sham after his newspaper uncovered corruption in the Central American country.

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Guatemala convicts renowned journalist José Rubén Zamora of money laundering

A Guatemalan tribunal has convicted newspaper founder and editor José Rubén Zamora of money laundering, concluding a trial press freedom groups decried as a political persecution aimed at silencing a critical voice

The Independent UK

Terrified Guatemalans fear bloodsucking 'chupacabra' feasting on their chickens and ducks

The chupacabra is said to be a demonic creature that drinks the blood of livestock, including cows, chickens, ducks and turkeys, with many "victims" found with sharp puncture wounds on their necks

Daily Mirror

A Guatemalan asylum-seeker is recruiting family and friends to join him in North Texas

DALLAS — Carlos Joaquin Salinas feels desperate, lonely and tempted.

Tribune News Service

A dictator's daughter runs for president, unleashing memories of Guatemala's dark past

NEBAJ, Guatemala — Gabriel de Paz still dreams that he's running from the dictator's soldiers.

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The 12 biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history

From Krakatoa to the Tonga blast, here are some of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history.

LiveScience

Guatemala's presidential hopefuls channel heavy-handed tactics of El Salvador's leader

Candidates to be Guatemala’s next president are pushing a neighbor’s controversial success into the race

The Independent UK

US and Guatemala launch new migration processing centres

Move comes as Joe Biden’s administration seeks to deter migrants and refugees from seeking protection at Mexico border.

Al Jazeera

Guatemalan court keeps presidential frontrunner Pineda off ballot

With just a month to go before Guatemalan voters will pick a new president, the country's top court ruled on Friday to leave the frontrunner in polls out of the election.

Reuters

Guatemala's top court ends candidacy of leading presidential hopeful 1 month before vote

Guatemala’s top court has blocked the candidacy of yet another presidential hopeful, this time ending the campaign of poll leader Carlos Pineda for alleged violations of electoral law

The Independent UK

Mexican officials find 175 migrants in truck near southern border

Mexican authorities found 175 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the southern state of Chiapas, the National Migration Institute (INM) said on Friday, in the latest mass human smuggling incident to be detected in the country.

Reuters

Influencer films travel nightmare as hostel fire claims luggage and passports

Hostel fire in Guatemala leaves travel influencer with no clothes or passport to get home

The Independent UK

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Biden leaning into global diplomacy to manage migration at US-Mexico border

President Joe Biden was getting nowhere with Congress on immigration

Los Angeles Times

At Mexico's southern border, the migrant flow is undeterred

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Dawn had barely illuminated the turbid waters of the Rio Suchiate at the border with Guatemala when the boatmen — plunging long poles in the muck to propel their vessels — began to transport their daily load: a polyglot contingent of migrants from across the globe.…

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Guatemala-born designer links history and culture with current trends in fashion show

A Guatemala-born designer combined indigenous weaving technique, modern clothing design and colorful history from her native country came together on a recent weekend on on a runway showcase. The fashion show offered a taste of not only Elena De León's artistic vision, but of the work by mothers living in…

Bangkok Post

The baby bonus just does not work any more

I was one of five children -- not seen as a particularly big family in Newfoundland at the time -- and there was one year when we allegedly beat Guatemala to have the highest birth rate in the world. (That's probably not true, but people were proud of it anyway.)

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Mexico moving migrants away from borders to relieve pressure

Mexico is flying migrants south away from the U.S. border and busing new arrivals away from its boundary with Guatemala to keep migrants from massing in its border cities

Reuters

Earthquake shakes Guatemala and southern Mexico, no damage reported

A strong earthquake struck Guatemala on Wednesday, shaking the Central American nation and parts of Southern Mexico, though the quake's deep hypocenter of more than 150 miles underneath the earth's surface seems to have averted damage.

The Independent UK

Press groups express concern about threats for Guatemalan journalists

A coalition of press freedom groups is expressing concern about what they called the “historic” threats facing Guatemalan journalists in the face of government prosecutions

Al Jazeera

US returns 2,400 people to Mexico since end of Title 42: Official

US says Mexico and Guatemala also have beefed up border agents on their southern border in wake of new asylum policy.

Reuters

Guatemala newspaper elPeriodico shuts amid crackdown

One of Guatemala's most recognized news outlets and a staunch government critic elPeriodico said on Friday that it will completely shut down operations as of Monday, 10 months after the arrest of its founder and president, Jose Zamora.

The Independent UK

Unanimous Supreme Court gives transgender woman from Guatemala new chance to fight deportation

The Supreme Court has ruled in favor of a transgender Guatemalan woman who is fighting deportation on the grounds that she would face persecution if returned to her native country

Evening Standard

Villa Bokéh, Guatemala — the most romantic hotel in the world?

Sitting within six acres of lush gardens on a Unesco World Heritage site, this suite-only former artists residence lays on the charm

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