Former comedian sworn in as Guatemala’s new president
Morales faces a growing crisis after a key supporter is charged with human rights abuses
Central America comes up with plan to evacuate stranded Cuban refugees
Crisis escalated after Nicaragua refused to let the migrants cross over from Costa Rica
Sixteen left dead after riot breaks out in a Guatemala prison
Police regained control of penitentiary a day after unrest began Incident was sparked on Sunday as visiting hours came to an end
Guatemala looks for survivors after mudslide buries entire village
Around 300 people are missing and 149 dead after heavy rains brought debris crashing down
“When you do politics in Guatemala you risk being assassinated”
Comedian Jimmy Morales won the first round of presidential elections on Sunday Speaking to EL PAÍS, he says he hopes the popular movement will accompany him in office
How the Línea corruption scandal toppled Guatemala’s government
The investigation that led to President Otto Pérez Molina’s resignation began in May 2014
Guatemala’s president resigns amid corruption scandal
Congress voted to strip Otto Pérez Molina of immunity over customs fraud ring
Waves of protests rock Guatemalan and Honduran governments
Corruption scandals have spawned a spring of discontent in Central America
Guatemala’s top court mulls stripping president of his immunity
Pérez Molina faces corruption allegations as public pressure for his resignation grows
Guatemalan leader fires three ministers as political crisis deepens
Calls grow louder for President Otto Pérez Molina to step down over corruption allegations
Gangs and poverty triggering mass child exodus from Central America to US
Asylum requests by Salvadorans claiming violence are higher than when country was at war
Supreme Court justice’s apparent suicide rocks Guatemala
Some believe magistrate was depressed over sex abuse charges filed against his son
The time bomb waiting to explode inside Guatemala’s prison system
Mafia leaders commission murders, kidnappings and extortions to outside accomplices
UN concerned over alarming numbers of girls giving birth in Guatemala
Poverty and poor-quality education being blamed for rise in juvenile mothers
Court sets aside convictions against former Guatemala dictator Ríos Montt
Retired general will be retried for genocide and crimes against humanity
Former Guatemalan dictator goes on trial for genocide
Two witnesses describe how soldiers massacred an Indian village in 1982
Court orders former Guatemalan dictator to stand trial for genocide
The retired general ruled during one of the bloodiest periods in the country's 36-year civil war