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News Articles: Guatemala

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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By:
  • Tamara Keith and
  • Carrie Kahn
A Honduran migrant woman carries a child on her back as they travel with other migrants by foot along a highway in Chiquimula, Guatemala, on Saturday, in hopes of reaching the U.S. border.

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  • Latin America

Migrant Caravan: Thousands Move Into Guatemala, Hoping To Reach U.S.

Some of the Honduran migrants in the caravan say they are hoping to see a change in U.S. asylum policy when President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

January 18, 2021
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  • Jason Beaubien
Two hurricanes destroyed bridges, roads, schools, health clinics and homes. Here is the aftermath in Protección in Honduras' Santa Barbara department on Dec. 11.

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  • Latin America

Even Disaster Veterans Are Stunned By What's Happening In Honduras

Back-to-back hurricanes have taken an unprecedented toll on the Central American nation and its neighbors.

December 14, 2020
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  • Jason Beaubien
This satellite image made available by NOAA shows Hurricane Iota in the North Atlantic Ocean on Monday, at 07:11 EST.

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  • Weather

Hurricane Iota Makes Landfall In Nicaragua, Region Braces For 'Catastrophic' Impact

Just two weeks after Hurricane Eta dumped heavy rainfall in the region, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and southern Belize are facing an even stronger storm fueled by climate change.

November 17, 2020
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  • Elie Levine,
  • Vanessa Romo,
  • and 1 more
Honduran migrants walking in a group stop before Guatemalan police in January near Agua Caliente, Guatemala. The Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says U.S. immigration agents in Guatemala helped officials deport Hondurans traveling in a migrant caravan earlier this year.

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  • World

Democratic Lawmakers Denounce DHS 'Ad Hoc' Migrant Deportations In Guatemala

Democratic lawmakers are demanding more information from the Trump administration about U.S. agents working in Guatemala to round up Honduran migrants and send them to the Guatemala-Honduras border.

October 29, 2020
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn

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