Sapodilla Cayes Busy Over Easter Break; Belizeans Favor Guatemala Over Mexico

While many Belizeans traveled to Guatemala instead of Mexico for the Easter holidays, hundreds of foreign visitors went to the Sapodilla Cayes Marine Reserve off Belize’s southern coast. According to immigration records, most of these visitors were from …

Ancient Council Houses in Guatemala Reveal Shift in Maya Governance

A 3D sketchup reconstruction of the structure (council house). Credit: Christina T. Halperin / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Archaeologists have uncovered evidence that ancient Maya rulers in Guatemala gradually abandoned absolute kingship in favor of shared, …

Taiwan, US hold GCTF workshop in Guatemala

The Embassy of the ROC (Taiwan) in Guatemala and the U.S. Embassy with the Guatemalan government held an international seminar under the Global Cooperation and Training Framework April 6 in Guatemala City, underscoring commitment to jointly enhancing …

Landing sailfish in Guatemala

Roosevelt superintendent goes to Guatemala and fulfills diploma promise to self-deported high school graduate

By Andrew Francis Almost a year after Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained him, former Roosevelt High School student Alvaro Castro Velasquez, 20, finally was handed his diploma on March 18 by Superintendent Shawn Wightman, who traveled to …

Sancionada fiscal general de Guatemala busca un tercer periodo al frente del Ministerio Público

CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA — La fiscal general de Guatemala, Consuelo Porras, sancionada por más de 40 países por corrupción y socavar la democracia del país centroamericano, presentó el jueves su plan de trabajo ante una comisión que seleccionará a candidatos en …

High fuel prices offer mangoes from Guatemala a competitive advantage

Although it is a relatively small mango growing country compared to some other countries in Latin America, Guatemala is the largest exporter out of Central America, followed by Nicaragua and Costa Rica. This year, the country is expected to ship 3.9 …

Awaiting extradition, RI's Most Wanted captured in Guatemala

Guatemala’s Ongoing Memory Battles

Mayans in Guatemala. Photograph Source: vasse nicolas,antoine – CC BY 2.0 As a human rights activist, Angélica Macario was used to the hubbub and noise of protests and to seeing her people take their clamor for justice from the mountains of El Quiché to …

Easter Travel Patterns Shift: Fewer Belizeans Going To Mexico, More To Guatemala

More Belizeans are choosing to go to Guatemala over the Easter break, and fewer are choosing to go to Mexico. Arrivals at Benque Viejo del Carmen on the Guatemala border increased 28.4 percent to 7,050. Meanwhile, crossings at Corozal on the Mexico border …