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A ruling from the Inter-American Court of Human Rights finds Guatemala to have violated indigenous rights by allowing a large nickel mine to operate on tribal land.
2023-12-15

Rafael Curruchiche, a prosecutor in the Guatemalan attorney general's office, accuses the Organization of American States and the European Union of interference in the election and says that around a thousand people denounced irregularities in electoral process.
2023-09-29

In Guatemala, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris announces several steps to address the migration crisis at the Northern Triangle during a joint conference with Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei. She also urged migrants not to flee to the Mexico–United States border.
2021-06-7

Volcán de Fuego in Guatemala erupts, leaving at least 62 people dead, 300 others injured, and forces the closure of La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City.
2018-06-3

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Puerto San José, Guatemala.
2017-06-22

The death toll at the fire at an orphanage in San José Pinula, Guatemala, rises to at least 35 children.
2017-03-10

A fire breaks out at an orphanage in San José Pinula, Guatemala after students protesting conditions including alleged sexual and physical abuse set fire to their bedding, killing at least 19 children.
2017-03-8

A lynch mob in the Guatemalan village of La Democracia kills three men for allegedly stealing a truck full of coffee.
2011-03-31

Mexican Drug War: The Mexican Los Zetas drug cartel threatens to launch a war in northern Guatemala where the government declared a "state of siege".
2010-12-29

Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo is to be extradited to the U.S. following a ruling by a Guatemalan criminal court.
2010-03-18