Guatemala

Guatemalan Nursing Union will demand labor improvements

Published on: August 22, 2024
08:00

Guatemala City, Aug 22 (Prensa Latina) The National Nursing Union of Guatemala will block ports and customs in demand of labor improvements, employee stability and bonuses on specialty day.

Rains leave 23 dead in Guatemala

Published on: August 21, 2024
15:33

Guatemala City, Aug 21 (Prensa Latina) The death toll brought by the rainy season (May-October) in Guatemala rose to 23, with 13 injured, the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) informed Wednesday.

Guatemalan police arrest 61 Salvadorans

Published on: August 20, 2024
15:48

Guatemala City, Aug 20 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala’s National Civil Police (PNC) have been arresting 61 Salvadorans from January through Tuesday, in a joint effort to bring them to justice for a myriad of crimes they might have committed in both countries

President labels B410 affaire as Guatemala’s worst tax scam

Published on: August 19, 2024
16:11

Guatemala City, Aug 19 (Prensa Latina) President Bernardo Arevalo described on Monday the B410 case (a structure that deprived State coffers of at least US$38 million) as the worst tax scam committed in Guatemala.

Guatemalan transport workers denounce surging extortions

Published on: August 14, 2024
09:34

Guatemala City, Aug 14 (Prensa Latina) Representatives of Guatemala’s extra-urban transport union denounced surging extortions, for which they set three weeks for the authorities to take security actions.

Guatemala records 141 homicides less than in 2023 term

Published on: August 6, 2024
14:30

Guatemala City, Aug 6 (Prensa Latina) Despite the perception of violence in Guatemala, Deputy Security Minister Claudia Palencia highlighted Tuesday a decrease of 141 homicides so far compared to the same term in 2023.

Vaccination of minors against poliomyelitis begins in Guatemala

Published on: August 3, 2024
10:31

Guatemala City, Aug 3 (Prensa Latina) The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (Mpsas) of Guatemala is begining today the mass vaccination of one million 397,429 children against measles and polio.

Dust concentrations from the Sahara will affect Guatemala again

Published on: July 24, 2024
12:55

Guatemala City, Jul 24 (Prensa Latina) The highest concentrations of an air mass loaded with dust particles from the Sahara Desert will affect Guatemala again, civil protection authorities warned.

Guatemalan URNG party hails Cuba’s National Rebellion Day

Published on: July 23, 2024
11:21

Guatemala, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) The Guatemalan National Revolutionary Unity Party (URNG-MAÍZ) congratulated Cuba on the Day of National Rebelliousness, on July 26, when the Moncada Garrison was attacked in 1953.

Jose Marti’s book adds to Guatemala’s children’s literature tradition

Published on: July 23, 2024
00:30

Guatemala, Jul 23 (Prensa Latina) The presence of the first edition in Guatemala of the book "La Edad de Oro" (The Golden Age), a book that Cuban National Hero Jose Marti wrote for children, adds to the tradition of children's literature in this country, Cuban researcher Mauricio Nuñez acknowledged.

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