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Guatemalan prosecutor labeled corrupt by U.S. gets tapped for new term

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei reappointed the country's attorney general to a new term on Monday, prompting U.S. sanctions, just months after the prosecutor was accused by the U.S. government of dismantling anti-corruption efforts.

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U.S. sanctions Guatemala's attorney general over accusations of corruption

The U.S. government has sanctioned Guatemalan Attorney General Maria Porras over accusations of "involvement in significant corruption," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday.

Reuters

Guatemala reappoints criticized attorney general to 2nd term

Guatemala’s president has appointed the controversial attorney general to a second term in a move disappointing to many Guatemalans and foreign governments critical of her backsliding on corruption investigations

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Guatemala judge threatened after decision on civil war crime

A Guatemala judge who last week ordered nine former police and military officers to stand trial for alleged crimes during that country’s civil war, says that death threats against him had increased since announcing his decision

The Independent UK

Mexico's president starts regional tour in Guatemala

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has started a lightning, five-day tour to four Central American countries and Cuba, stopping first in neighboring Guatemala

The Independent UK

Arkansas’s top law official defends banning abortion even in cases of incest and rape of minors

Across swathe of United States women will have same reproductive rights as those in Guatemala

The Independent UK

Pile of 150 female skulls found in cave were human sacrifices decapitated in ritual

The area near the Guatemalan border where the discovery was made is plagued by violent smuggling gangs, so an investigation was quickly launched to find out how the remains had ended up there

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Guatemala Seeks To Tap Israeli Expertise In Water Knowledge, Technology

A KKL-JNF delegation met with the Guatemalan president to discuss water management and development in desert areas of his country.

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Disappeared: a daughter’s 40-year search for her father, taken by Guatemala’s military dictatorship

The family of Emil Bustamante López has filed a case with the UN human rights committee, looking for answers

The Guardian - US

In this new age of empire, the west has no need to conquer. Money and coercion do the job

Britain’s refugee deal with Rwanda is just the latest example of how rich nations extend their sovereignty by getting the poor to do their bidding

The Guardian - UK

Guatemala's much-criticized top prosecutor seeks 2nd term

Once the envy of Central America for anticorruption efforts that took down a sitting president, Guatemala’s attorney general’s office has more recently been accused of blocking corruption investigations, protecting powerful interests and persecuting those who pursued the corrupt

The Independent UK

Thug stabs man to death as he speaks to brother on FaceTime in random attack

Sergio Santay, 34, was speaking to his brother Douglas on FaceTime when he was stabbed to death by a stranger in a random attack in downtown Los Angeles, US

Daily Mirror

Earliest evidence of Maya calendar found inside Guatemalan pyramid

A glyph representing a day called "7 Deer" on mural fragments dating from the third century BC found inside the ruins of a pyramid in Guatemala marks the earliest-known use of the Maya calendar, one of this ancient culture's renowned achievements.

Reuters

Neocon war hawks: They're back!

The warmongering buffoons who drove the U.S. to disaster in Iraq and Afghanistan are now eager for war with Russia

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Lost World: Ancient Underwater City Revealed

The city is located at the bottom of Lake Atitlan, in the Solola Department, near the town of Panajachel.

The Independent UK

Skepticism meets migrant smuggler crackdown in Guatemala

Guatemala has tripled prison sentences for migrant smugglers, eager to show it’s trying to slow the steady flow of its people north to the United States

Reuters

Guatemala expects more migration after U.S. expulsion policy ends

Guatemala's government expects the number of Guatemalans seeking to migrate to rise after the U.S. government ends its Title 42 expulsion policy, officials said on Friday.

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Guatemala's Supreme Court suspends senior anti-corruption judge

Guatemala's Supreme Court of Justice said on Tuesday it has suspended Judge Pablo Xitumul, who is known for his fight against corruption and handling high-profile cases against the military and former government officials.

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Guatemala detains dozens of migrants, mostly Cubans, in boats heading to U.S.

Guatemala's migration institute said on Tuesday it found two boats transporting 50 Cuban migrants and two Honduran migrants trying to reach the United States illegally by sea.

Reuters

A top Guatemalan judge resigns in blow to anti-corruption movement

One of Guatemala's top judges, a key figure in the fight against corruption, said on Monday that she had resigned amid threats and pressure related to her work, in a blow to the stuttering fight against impunity in the Central American country.

The Independent UK

Anti-corruption Guatemalan judge resigns and flees to the US

A Guatemalan judge considered key in fighting corruption in the Central American country has resigned and announced that she has decided to leave the country

The Independent UK

Guatemala congress shelves abortion law passed previous week

Guatemala’s Congress has voted to shelve a controversial law stiffening penalties for abortion, prohibiting same-sex marriage and banning discussion of sexual diversity in schools

Reuters

Guatemala receives first arrivals of Ukrainians fleeing conflict

Guatemala on Friday received its first arrivals of Ukrainian families fleeing their homeland since Russia's invasion of its neighbor last month, authorities said.

Reuters

Guatemala president vows to veto abortion, same-sex marriage bill

Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said on Thursday he would veto a bill that seeks to increase abortion penalties to up to 25 years in prison and prohibit same-sex marriage, calling it unconstitutional and in violation of international conventions.

The Independent UK

Guatemala president threatens veto of abortion legislation

Two days after Guatemala’s congress passed a bill increasing sentences for women who terminate their pregnancies, prohibiting same-sex marriage and banning discussion of sexual diversity in schools, President Alejandro Giammattei asked the congress to pull it back or face his veto

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