A man shot and wounded a security guard and held 40 people hostage at a call centre in Guatemala City on Monday.
Guatemala is investigating radio advertisements seeking elite ex-soldiers, who have been known to work for drug cartels, to smuggle goods into Mexico, officials said on Thursday.…
A crowded bus plunged off a cliff into a deep ravine in Guatemala on Friday, killing 37 people and injuring 25, emergency workers said. The bus was packed with people traveling…
Centre-leftist Alvaro Colom won Guatemala’s presidential election on Sunday, denying power to a retired general who had sought to unleash the army to fight a violent crime wave.…
Fifa is backing down from its ban on international soccer matches in Bolivia’s capital of La Paz, the agency’s leader said Friday. Fifa president Sepp Blatter said he was…
An innovative concept and the backing of Russian President Vladimir Putin were key factors in the surprise decision to award the 2014 Winter Games to Russia’s Sochi. Sochi, on…
A 100m-deep sinkhole swallowed about a dozen homes early on Friday in a crowded, Guatemala City neighbourhood, killing at least two teenagers and forcing the evacuation of nearly…
An angry mob snatches two accused child molesters in a Guatemalan highland village, ties them to a lamp post in the central plaza, douses them with gasoline and threatens to burn…
A string of violent and mysterious killings targeting Guatemalan gang members and criminals has prompted rumours of a ”social cleansing” in a country where crime is rising and…
Fears rose on Tuesday that the death toll from devastating mudslides in Guatemala could reach 2 000, as rescuers suspended their search for hundreds of people buried for six days…
The official death toll from massive floods ravaging Central America and Mexico has surged to 770 as hundreds more were feared dead in Guatemala on Monday, following last week’s…
The official death toll from massive floods ravaging Central America and Mexico surged to 763 late on Sunday as hundreds more were feared dead in Guatemala following last week’s…
Mudslides and floods sparked by Tropical Storm Stan have killed 508 people in Guatemala alone, a Guatemalan official said on Saturday, bringing to 610 the number killed when the…
Tropical Storm Stan left a trail of devastation across Central America and Mexico, killing at least 225 people and forcing 225Â 000 others from their homes after unleashing five…
Tropical Storm Stan only briefly reached hurricane strength but by Thursday killed at least 160 people as it roared across Mexico and Central America. Forecasters warn the…
