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News Articles: Guatemala

A firefighter works inside a bus that fell from a bridge, at the site of the fatal bus crash on the outskirts of Guatemala City, Monday, Feb. 10, 2025.

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  • Latin America

More than 50 are dead after a bus plunged into a gorge in Guatemala

At least 55 people are dead after their bus plunged into a gorge and landed under a bridge Monday on the outskirts of Guatemala's capital.

February 11, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
An agent from the attorney general's office carries evidence collected at Save the Children's headquarters during a raid in Guatemala City on Thursday, April 25, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Guatemalan AG raids Save the Children office over a migrant children rights complaint

Prosecutor Rafael Curruchiche said that the complaint filed by an unidentified foreigner had raised serious concerns because it involved allegations of abuse of children.

April 26, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Incoming Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo takes the oath of office during his swearing-in ceremony in Guatemala City, early Monday, Jan. 15, 2024.

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  • Latin America

Arévalo sworn in as Guatemala's president despite efforts to derail his inauguration

Bernardo Arévalo was sworn in as Guatemala's president on Monday minutes after midnight despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power.

January 15, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Guatemala's President-elect Bernardo Arévalo leaves at the end of a press conference in the Plaza of Human Rights in Guatemala City after Guatemalan prosecutors announced they would seek to strip Arévalo and several members of his party of their immunity from prosecution.

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  • Latin America

Guatemalan prosecutors pursue plans to press charges against the president-elect

In Guatemala, prosecutors move against President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, as the slow motion coup he predicted begins to pick up pace.

November 17, 2023
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
The president-elect of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, visits the NPR offices during a trip to Washington, D.C. Guatemala's electoral authorities recently suspended his party to try to keep him from taking office.

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  • Latin America

'Coup' by lawfare: Guatemalan president-elect on attempts to keep him from power

Bernardo Arévalo, who won the Guatemalan presidency by a landslide, says what is happening in his country is a "coup in slow motion."

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
Guatemalan presidential candidate for the Semilla party, Bernardo Arevalo, celebrates the results of the presidential run-off election in Guatemala City, on August 20, 2023.

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  • World

Guatemala's anti-corruption candidate wins presidency in a landslide vote

In Guatemala, an anti-corruption candidate wins the run-off elections by a landslide, in a vote that was a critical test of the Central American country's democratic credentials.

August 21, 2023
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
Protesters gather in front of the Supreme Electoral Tribunal building in Guatemala City, Wednesday. The tribunal certified presidential election results, sending candidates Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arévalo to an Aug. 20 runoff, while the Attorney General's Office announced that Arévalo's party had been suspended.

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  • World

A top Guatemalan party is barred, throwing the presidential election into the unknown

Guatemala's already troubled presidential election has been thrown into more chaos and confusion only weeks ahead of a contentious second round of voting.

July 13, 2023
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  • Eyder Peralta
Supporters of Guatemalan candidate for the National Union of Hope party and former first lady, Sandra Torres, attend a campaign rally in Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala, on June 17.

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  • World

3 things to know about Guatemala's elections

Voters will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president. But some of the most popular candidates won't be on the ballot.

June 23, 2023
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  • Eyder Peralta
Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora, president of the newspaper <em>El Periódico</em>, arrives handcuffed and under police escort to listen to a Guatemalan court's ruling in a case against him, at the Palace of Justice in Guatemala City, on Wednesday.

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  • World

A court in Guatemala has sentenced a prominent journalist to 6 years in jail

Human rights groups have called the trial of journalist José Rubén Zamora a politically motivated sham after his newspaper uncovered corruption in the Central American country.

June 14, 2023
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By:
  • Eyder Peralta
Neudy Rojop decided to work in public health when she was a young girl observing how frequently her young family members and neighbors got sick with unknown illnesses.

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  • Global Health

A kid in Guatemala had a dream. Today she's a disease detective

Neudy Rojop made a girlhood pledge. When family members fell ill, she says she decided to become a nurse "so I could change my community for good."

February 20, 2023
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By:
  • Ari Daniel and
  • Rebecca Davis
Olha Abakumova, an opera singer from western Ukraine, came to the U.S. with her daughter. (Her husband was not able to migrate.) Olha brought her most treasured sheet music for Ukrainian arias. "They connect me with my motherland, culture and my roots," she says. "When I'm singing, I see pictures in front of my eyes," she says. "The words and music move through me and take me back to Ukraine."

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  • Global Health

PHOTOS: If you had to leave home and could take only 1 keepsake, what would it be?

We asked refugees around the world to tell us of a memento they brought to connect them to their old life even as they embarked on a new and uncertain future.

October 29, 2022
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  • NPR Special Report
The pandemic brought in-person learning to a halt in Guatemala. And it's been a challenge to get some schools open again. Above: Hermogenes Gonzales Mejia school in Guatemala City. which finally welcomed back its students in February.

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  • Education

Why lots of kids still aren't back in school in Guatemala

The government is struggling to bring all 3 million-plus students back to schools that were shuttered when the pandemic hit. Teachers are ready to resume classes. But obstacles loom.

March 30, 2022
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By:
  • Miranda Mazariegos
Vice President Harris had what she called "robust" talks with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei.

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  • Politics

Kamala Harris Tells Guatemalans Not To Migrate To The United States

The vice president met with Guatemala's president to talk about the root causes behind migration to the United States, including corruption. But another prominent Democrat called that "disappointing."

June 08, 2021
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By:
  • Brian Naylor and
  • Tamara Keith
Vice President Harris has met virtually with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, but on Tuesday, they will meet in person in Mexico City to discuss immigration issues.

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  • Politics

Here's What Harris Will Do On Her 1st VP Trip To Guatemala And Mexico

The vice president will meet with the leaders of Guatemala and Mexico to talk about corruption, violence and poverty — factors causing thousands of Central Americans to seek asylum at the U.S. border.

June 07, 2021
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
Vice President Harris attends a meeting with CEOs about economic development in the Northern Triangle on May 27. She plans to meet with entrepreneurs on her trip to the region this week.

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  • Politics

Harris Heads To Guatemala And Mexico As Part Of A 'Buzz Saw' Assignment

Harris has the tough job of tackling deep-rooted problems driving tens of thousands of people in Central America to try to migrate to America. Her first foreign trip as vice president starts Sunday.

June 06, 2021
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  • Tamara Keith and
  • Carrie Kahn
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