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- Guatemala: another democracy hangs in the balance
In a country where an average of 17 murders are committed each day and 98 percent of criminal cases remain unsolved, the May 10, 2009 assassination of prominent Guatemalan lawyer, Rodrigo Rosenberg, could easily have been dismissed along with thousands
- Honduras to be ringed by anti-coup protests
Honduras will be ringed with anti-coup demonstrators at each of its three borders tomorrow, Friday 3 July at 11:00, the ITF (International Transport Workers? Federation) has announced. The ITF?s member unions in El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala
- BRIEF-Soccer-Injured Mexico striker Arellano out of Gold Cup
MEXICO CITY, July 2 (Reuters) - Mexico forward Omar Arellano will miss the Gold Cup in the U.S. with a foot injury, the Mexican Football Federation said on Thursday. Arellano, 22, injured his left foot during Mexico's 0-0 draw with Guatemala in a warm-up
- New Airline Linking Mexico and Latin America to Launch July 8
Maya Island Air announced the July 8 launching of Maya Island Air Regional, which links Belize, Cancun, Guatemala City and San Pedro Sula. Maya Island Air is a Belizean airline, which has been servicing 10 destinations in Belize for the last 49 years
- LATIN AMERICA'S NEW LEFTISTS
(Georgie Anne Geyer)
Georgie Anne Geyer - WASHINGTON -- For decades, even centuries, the bane of Latin American democracy has been the military takeover. Democrats from Guatemala to Peru and from Argentina to Chile have fought valiantly to keep political power from falling into the uncompromising hands of the generals.
- Canada defeats Guatemala in Gold Cup warmup
Ali Gerba scored two goals as Canada's men's soccer team defeated Guatemala 3-0 in California on Tuesday in a tuneup for the CONCACAF Gold Cup. Patrice Bernier added the other goal for Canada, which used the game to prepare ahead of Friday's Gold Cup
- Immigrants in US are asking for money from home
(AP)
 AP - For five years, immigrant day laborer Leo Chamale wired money twice a month from New Jersey to his family in Guatemala. Recently, he stepped up to the money transfer window for a different purpose — to ask that his family send some of his savings back to him.
- Quetzal Energy spuds Atzam #3 well in Atzam field, Guatemala
Quetzal Energy says that the Atzam #3 well has been spudded with a targeted total depth of 4,200 feet and located approximately 500 meters east of the productive Atzam #2 well. The Atzam #2 was drilled in 1993 by Basic Petroleum (Bahamas) Ltd. to a total
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Guatemala was freed of Spanish colonial rule in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experienced a variety of military and civilian governments as well as a 36-year guerrilla war. In 1996, the government signed a peace agreement formally ending the conflict, which had led to the death of more than 100,000 people and had created some 1 million refugees.
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