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Valeria Luiselli tells stories to shame us

Article Bongani Kona - 14 Feb 2020

Over and over again she writes about the lost children picked up on the United States border

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US to examine migrant children in custody after second death

Article Maggy Donaldson - 26 Dec 2018

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

Article Staff Reporter - 4 Jun 2018

This is the second time that the volcano has erupted this year. This is Guatemala’s deadliest volcanic eruption since 1902, according to BBC

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Guatemala to move embassy to Jerusalem in May— President Morales

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Mar 2018

Guatemala will relocate its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem this May, two days after the United States shifts its mission

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Following Trump, Guatemala plans to move its embassy to Jerusalem

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Dec 2017

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?

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Apr 2012

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

Article Staff Reporter - 30 Aug 2011

US researchers must have known they were violating ethical standards by infecting Guatemalan prison inmates and mental patients with syphilis.

In the killing fields

Article Rory Carroll - 22 Jul 2011

Narco-terrorism has made Central America one of the world's deadliest regions for journalists.

Massacre work of Mexico drug gang Zetas

Article Moises Castillo - 17 May 2011

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.

Guatemala landslides kill dozens

Article Staff Reporter - 6 Sep 2010

A massive landslide buried a crowd trying to dig out a bus from deep mud on Sunday, killing at least 22 people, with dozens more feared dead.

Tropical Storm Agatha kills 96 in Central America

Article Staff Reporter - 31 May 2010

The remnants of Tropical Storm Agatha dumped more rain across Central America on Sunday after killing at least 96 people in the region.

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