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Valeria Luiselli tells stories to shame us
Over and over again she writes about the lost children picked up on the United States border
US to examine migrant children in custody after second death
Guatemala called for an investigation into the boy's death and some US lawmakers angrily denounced the Trump administration's immigration policy
Guatemala volcano erupts killing 25 people
This is the second time that the volcano has erupted this year. This is Guatemala’s deadliest volcanic eruption since 1902, according to BBC
Guatemala to move embassy to Jerusalem in May— President Morales
Guatemala will relocate its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem this May, two days after the United States shifts its mission
Following Trump, Guatemala plans to move its embassy to Jerusalem
Guatemala's leader made the announcement three days after UN member states rejected Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital
War on drugs has failed: Legalisation on the horizon?
Latin America leaders (and Barack Obama) are set to confront the idea that the war on drugs has failed and that an alternative approach must be found.
US researchers broke rules in Guatemala syphilis study
US researchers must have known they were violating ethical standards by infecting Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphilis.
In the killing fields
Narco-terrorism has made Central America one of the world's deadliest regions for journalists.
Massacre work of Mexico drug gang Zetas
Guatemala declared a 30-day state of emergency for the northern Peten region following a brutal weekend massacre of 27 people at a cattle ranch.
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