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Guatemala election takes unexpected turn as centrist claims place in runoff

Bernardo Arévalo will face off for presidency against Sandra Torres, a veteran politician who has faced corruption accusations

The Guardian - US

Early vote count for Guatemala's presidential election indicates 2nd round ahead

Preliminary and partial results in Guatemala’s presidential election point to the likelihood of a second round of voting but do not indicate who the two candidates would be in an Aug. 20 runoff

The Independent UK

Guatemalans to elect a new president after a tumultuous electoral season

Guatemalans will elect a new president and vice president Sunday as well as fill all congress seats and hundreds of local posts after one of the most tumultuous electoral seasons in the Central American nation’s recent history

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Guatemalans are fed up with corruption ahead of an election that may draw many protest votes

As Guatemala prepares to elect a new president Sunday, its citizens are fed up with government corruption, on edge about crime and struggling with poverty and malnutrition _ all of which drives tens of thousands out of the country each year

The Independent UK

3 things to know about Guatemala's elections

Voters will go to the polls on Sunday to elect a new president. But some of the most popular candidates won't be on the ballot.

WEKU

Guatemalans worry about security, unimpressed by leading candidates ahead of election

Just days away from electing a new president, many Guatemalans remain undecided, unimpressed by the leading candidates and even considering casting a protest vote to express their disapproval

The Independent UK

‘Simulation of democracy’: Guatemala readies for election amid concerns of manipulation

Candidates have been disqualified on spurious grounds as experts warn of country backsliding into autocracy

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AP Explains: Guatemala prepares to vote after tumultuous campaign

This has been one of the most turbulent election seasons in Guatemala’s modern history

The Independent UK

A court in Guatemala has sentenced a prominent journalist to 6 years in jail

Human rights groups have called the trial of journalist José Rubén Zamora a politically motivated sham after his newspaper uncovered corruption in the Central American country.

WEKU

Guatemala convicts renowned journalist José Rubén Zamora of money laundering

A Guatemalan tribunal has convicted newspaper founder and editor José Rubén Zamora of money laundering, concluding a trial press freedom groups decried as a political persecution aimed at silencing a critical voice

The Independent UK

Terrified Guatemalans fear bloodsucking 'chupacabra' feasting on their chickens and ducks

The chupacabra is said to be a demonic creature that drinks the blood of livestock, including cows, chickens, ducks and turkeys, with many "victims" found with sharp puncture wounds on their necks

Daily Mirror

A dictator's daughter runs for president, unleashing memories of Guatemala's dark past

NEBAJ, Guatemala — Gabriel de Paz still dreams that he's running from the dictator's soldiers.

Los Angeles Times

A Guatemalan asylum-seeker is recruiting family and friends to join him in North Texas

DALLAS — Carlos Joaquin Salinas feels desperate, lonely and tempted.

Tribune News Service

The 12 biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history

From Krakatoa to the Tonga blast, here are some of the biggest volcanic eruptions in recorded history.

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Guatemala's presidential hopefuls channel heavy-handed tactics of El Salvador's leader

Candidates to be Guatemala’s next president are pushing a neighbor’s controversial success into the race

Al Jazeera

US and Guatemala launch new migration processing centres

Move comes as Joe Biden’s administration seeks to deter migrants and refugees from seeking protection at Mexico border.

Reuters

Guatemalan court keeps presidential frontrunner Pineda off ballot

With just a month to go before Guatemalan voters will pick a new president, the country's top court ruled on Friday to leave the frontrunner in polls out of the election.

The Independent UK

Guatemala's top court ends candidacy of leading presidential hopeful 1 month before vote

Guatemala’s top court has blocked the candidacy of yet another presidential hopeful, this time ending the campaign of poll leader Carlos Pineda for alleged violations of electoral law

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Mexican officials find 175 migrants in truck near southern border

Mexican authorities found 175 migrants, mostly from Guatemala, crowded into a truck trailer in the southern state of Chiapas, the National Migration Institute (INM) said on Friday, in the latest mass human smuggling incident to be detected in the country.

The Independent UK

Influencer films travel nightmare as hostel fire claims luggage and passports

Hostel fire in Guatemala leaves travel influencer with no clothes or passport to get home

The Independent UK

Biden leaning into global diplomacy to manage migration at US-Mexico border

President Joe Biden was getting nowhere with Congress on immigration

Los Angeles Times

At Mexico's southern border, the migrant flow is undeterred

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico — Dawn had barely illuminated the turbid waters of the Rio Suchiate at the border with Guatemala when the boatmen — plunging long poles in the muck to propel their vessels — began to transport their daily load: a polyglot contingent of migrants from across the globe.…

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Guatemala-born designer links history and culture with current trends in fashion show

A Guatemala-born designer combined indigenous weaving technique, modern clothing design and colorful history from her native country came together on a recent weekend on on a runway showcase. The fashion show offered a taste of not only Elena De León's artistic vision, but of the work by mothers living in…

Bangkok Post

The baby bonus just does not work any more

I was one of five children -- not seen as a particularly big family in Newfoundland at the time -- and there was one year when we allegedly beat Guatemala to have the highest birth rate in the world. (That's probably not true, but people were proud of it anyway.)

The Independent UK

Mexico moving migrants away from borders to relieve pressure

Mexico is flying migrants south away from the U.S. border and busing new arrivals away from its boundary with Guatemala to keep migrants from massing in its border cities

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