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The leaders of Belize, Guatemala, and Mexico announce the establishment of a tri-national nature reserve to preserve the Maya Forest. It will be the second-largest nature reserve in Latin America behind the Amazon rainforest.
2025-08-15

At least six people die when a w.7 earthquake strikes Guatemala and causes widespread damage.
2025-07-9

The United Nations General Assembly approves a resolution sponsored by Cuba, Egypt, Kuwait, Morocco, Nicaragua, Oman, Qatar, and Palestine condemning Israeli forces' use of violence against Palestinians. 139 nations voted in favor of the resolution and nine voted against: Australia, Canada, Guatemala, Hungary, Israel, the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Nauru, and the United States.
2020-11-5

The death toll from the landslides in Guatemala rises to 253 with 374 people still missing.
2015-10-9

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hits southern Mexico and Guatemala, causing at least three deaths.
2014-07-7

Guatemalan Congresswoman Catarina Castor dies in the crash of a private plane in the northwestern Guatemalan province of Quiché, which also killed the pilot and injured the Governor Quiché Department, Heber Cabrera.
2012-12-30

Six people are killed and 41 others injured on the spot when a bus skids off the road and plunges into a 30-meter deep gorge in Chimaltenango, Guatemala.
2012-12-9

Morocco, Togo, Guatemala and Pakistan are elected to the United Nations Security Council, with a fifth seat still undecided.
2011-10-22

Emergency teams in Guatemala resume rescue efforts after mudslides bury dozens of people.
2010-09-6

Thousands of people flee the Pacaya volcano in Guatemala and the Tungurahua volcano in Ecuador following eruptions.
2010-05-29