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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

Police raid the headquarters of the opposition party Movimiento Semilla and presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo in Guatemala City, Guatemala.
2023-07-21

A bus collides with a truck near Gualán, Guatemala, killing at least 21 people including seven children, according to the Guatemalan Public Ministry.
2019-12-21

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 from Thursday's landslide in the Guatemalan village of El Cambray Dos increased to 152 with more than 300 people missing. No survivors have been found at the site. Search crews have found entire families who died huddled together and buried alive. The Guatemala’s National Disaster Reduction Commission, known as the Conred, declared the area uninhabitable.
2015-10-6

A Guatemala court finds former military leader Efraín Ríos Montt guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity and sentences him to 80 years in prison.
2013-05-10

Guatemala's Volcano of Fire (Volcán de Fuego) erupts, leading to the evacuation of more than 33,000 people.
2012-09-13

Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo goes on trial in Guatemala City over allegations he stole $15 million from the defence ministry. Former defence minister Eduardo Arevalo and former finance minister Manuel Maza are also on trial.
2011-01-21

Mexico states that it has the support of Bolivia, Cuba, Ecuador, Ghana, Guatemala, the Federated States of Micronesia, Panama, Senegal, Turkey, and Uruguay in pursuing its case against Arizona's immigration law.
2010-07-21