Por: ABC News World December 08, 2022
GUATEMALA CITY -- A court in Guatemala convicted former President Otto Pérez Molina and his vice president, Roxana Baldetti, on fraud and conspiracy counts Wednesday. Their sentences have yet to be announced. Both were acquitted of illegal enrichment charges. Pérez Molina and Baldetti resigned in 2015 and have been in custody on charges of permitting and benefiting from a customs graft scheme known as La Linea, or “The Line.” The scheme... + full article
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
Álvaro Colom, former president of Guatemala, dies at 71 | Associated Press
Alvaro Italian bakery in Harrisburg expanding with second location | PennLive
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
ABC News USA World January 19, 2023
GUATEMALA CITY -- The Guatemalan government’s effort to undo more than a decade of United Nations-backed anti-corruption work moved even beyond its borders this week, in what experts say is an year attempt to assure conservative voters its like won’t be seen again.Guatemalan... + más
Guatemala Targets Colombia’s Defense Minister in Crackdown on Anticorruption Forces | The New York Times
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
Los Angeles Times USA Nation November 14, 2022
The Guatemalan Consulate in Los Angeles uses its Facebook page to promote the Central American nation and trumpet its cultural achievements. But lately, many Guatemalans living in L.A. have used the page to plead, vent and despair over the lack of assistance they're getting... + más
UK: Protester calls assault at Chinese Consulate 'barbaric' | ABC News
China claims right to protect consulate; UK decries assault | ABC News
Los Angeles Times USA World September 26, 2022
It was a landmark piece of legislation for Guatemala: a law that established stiff prison sentences for violence against women and appeared to signal a new era for a country still emerging from decades of civil war and military rule. Thousands of men have been prosecuted under... + más
'People’s tribunal' seeks justice over journalist killings | ABC News
Franklin Cosey-Gay: Violence prevention shouldn’t be a political football. It’s a community obligation. | Chicago Tribune
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