Guatemala

Guatemalan authorities warn of possible risks due to hurricane Beryl

Published on: July 4, 2024
15:00

Guatemala City, Jul 4 (Prensa Latina) Guatemalan authorities warned on Thursday about indirect effects, possible risks and vulnerabilities due to the passage through the Caribbean Sea of hurricane Beryl, category three, off the coasts of the country.

Guatemala on orange alert due to heavy rainfalls

Published on: June 28, 2024
08:21

Guatemala City, Jun 28 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala’s National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction (CONRED) confirmed the orange alert due to the threat of heavy rainfalls.

Articulation calls for punishing those guilty in Bolivia coup

Published on: June 27, 2024
14:17

Guatemala City, Jun 27 (Prensa Latina) The articulation of peoples and communities of Abya Yala (all this continent) Soberana called for punishing those guilty of the failed coup d'état in Bolivia, whose investigations are advancing on Thursday.

Arevalo ratifies full control of El Infiernito prison in Guatemala

Published on: June 26, 2024
16:12

Guatemala City, Jun 26 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala’s President Bernardo Arevalo ratified on Wednesday full control of maximum security prison El Infiernito, in the central southern department of Escuintla.

Guatemala denounces wave of evictions promoted by judges

Published on: June 25, 2024
15:53

Guatemala City, Jun 25 (Prensa Latina) The Committee of Farmer Unity (CUC), one of the historical organizations here of farmers defending rural communities, denounced on Tuesday the evictions boosted in Guatemala since the second quarter of 2024.

Forced diplacements in Guatemala continue to impact communities

Published on: June 24, 2024
08:49

Guatemala City, Jun 24 (Prensa Latina) Forced evictions continue to impact communities in Guatemala, with more than 10 peasant families expulsions during 2024, and more dispossession announced for the coming days, with no way out of the situation.

Guatemala dismantles further clandestine drug trafficking airstrips

Published on: June 12, 2024
14:31

Guatemala City, Jun 12 (Prensa Latina) Guatemala's National Civil Police (PNC), the Army and the Public Prosecutor's Office have dismantled another two clandestine airstrips allegedly used for drug trafficking, an official source informed.

Education solidarity with over 72 food poisoned in Guatemalan school

Published on: June 11, 2024
16:29

Guatemala City, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) The Guatemalan Ministry of Education expressed on Tuesday its solidarity with 20 teachers and 52 students who had symptoms of food poisoning at a school in the southwestern Department of Suchitepequez on Monday.

Motorcycle theft, injuries and homicides top complaints in Guatemala

Published on: June 11, 2024
00:30

Guatemala, Jun 11 (Prensa Latina) Motorcycle theft and robbery, injuries and homicides monopolize citizens' complaints in Guatemala, according to statistics from Crime Stoppers, the international platform dedicated to solving these cases.

President of Guatemala will travel to the United States

Published on: June 3, 2024
08:42

Guatemala City, Jun 3 (Prensa Latina) The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, will discuss bilateral and multilateral cooperation issues with the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres, in New York.

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