Por: Los Angeles Times World June 15, 2023
A Guatemalan tribunal sentenced newspaper founder José Rubén Zamora to six years in prison Wednesday in a money laundering case, concluding a trial that press freedom groups decried as a political persecution aimed at silencing a critical voice. The three-judge panel convicted and sentenced the well-known journalist on a charge of money laundering that affected the national economy and stability of the financial system. The tribunal cleared... + full article
ABC News USA World June 19, 2023
GUATEMALA CITY -- This has been one of the most turbulent seasons in Guatemala’s modern history.Some of the most popular aspirants will be on the sidelines in Sunday's voting because electoral authorities and courts blocked some from running and cancelled the candidacies... + más
Guatemala Targets Colombia’s Defense Minister in Crackdown on Anticorruption Forces | The New York Times
Álvaro Colom, former president of Guatemala, dies at 71 | Associated Press
Associated Press USA Politics June 05, 2023
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Candidates to be Guatemala’s next president are taking a cue from the leader of neighboring El Salvador and promising their voters they will build mega-prisons and hammer criminal gangs into submission.The formula of Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele... + más
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Associated Press USA Politics January 24, 2023
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemala President Álvaro Colom, who governed from 2008 to 2012 and supported a United Nations anti-corruption mission that later investigated him, died Monday, lawmakers from his party announced. He was 71.“I deeply lament the death of... + más
Álvaro Colom, former president of Guatemala, dies at 71 | Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles Times USA World January 24, 2023
Former Guatemalan President Álvaro Colom, who governed from 2008 to 2012 and supported a United Nations anti-corruption mission that later investigated him, died Monday, lawmakers from his party announced. He was 71. “I deeply lament the death of ex-President Colom, a man of... + más
The New York Times USA World January 21, 2023
As the Guatemalan authorities intensify a methodical, yearslong crackdown on officials who were tasked with rooting out government corruption in the country, the government announced this week that it was investigating Colombia’s defense minister, who had led a United... + más
Colombia president asks to stop arrest of narco sought by US | ABC News
WPTV USA World December 09, 2022
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — A Palm Beach County man sold his business and left everything behind to move to Guatemala and make a difference.Creating schools, he's helped thousands of teenagers graduate and get jobs in their home country.WPTV spoke with the founder of the... + más
‘Truthfully, it’s frustrating': Guatemalans criticize delays at L.A. consulate | Los Angeles Times
Guatemala's El Periodico newspaper, facing government pressure, stops print edition | Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times USA World November 30, 2022
The prominent Guatemalan investigative newspaper El Periodico announced Wednesday that it is stopping its print edition after the government arrested the paper’s president. José Rubén Zamora was arrested in July and charged with money laundering and extortion. Zamora has... + más
Guatemala expat community roiled by relic smuggling charges | ABC News
Prosecutors search home of Americans charged in Guatemala | Associated Press
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