Bernardo Arévalo

The Central American country is under a state of emergency after a massacre of police officers that calls into question the state’s ability to deal with the violence of an army of 30,000 gang members

The Latin America and Caribbean International Economic Forum 2026, organized by CAF in collaboration with Grupo Prisa, brings together seven heads of state in an informal ‘Latin American Davos’

The authorities have deployed the army to patrol the streets, but the response has had little impact on the gangs or a judicial system riddled with corruption

The United States, which has designated the gang as a terrorist organization, will support polygraph interrogations to identify those responsible for the jail break

For the third consecutive year, Colombia was the country with the highest number of homicides. In Guatemala, cases have increased fivefold, according to the latest Global Witness report

Guatemala is home to six institutions of multi-ethnic higher learning whose mission is to pass on ancestral lessons and impart degrees. ‘Our mission is not economistic, but social,’ says one rector

Around 30,000 children from the Central American country were given up for international adoption between 1977 and 2007. In many cases, the processes were riddled with irregularities and corruption. Some of the children, now grown up, have returned and are helping other people find their biological families

The former director of ‘El Periódico’ speaks with EL PAÍS, after being released from the military penitentiary where he spent 813 days. ‘I feel very happy, as if I’ve been reborn,’ he says

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Guatemalan president talks about his commitment to transparency in a country plagued by impunity and explains the reasons that led him to receive 135 political prisoners from Nicaragua

The president of the Central American country took advantage of his Washington visit to request that the OAS send a mission to observe the election of judges

Bernardo Arévalo’s commitment to fighting corruption is one of the key selling points to promote foreign investment in the Central American country

The Guatemalan leader declares that the country is at a pivotal moment in its relations with the United States during a Council of the Americas forum

After seeing record-high numbers of irregular crossings, Washington is seeking to bolster trilateral cooperation, arguing this will be facilitated by Bernardo Arévalo’s arrival in power

Authorities have issued an epidemiological alert for Guillain-Barré Syndrome, which causes paralysis and has left five dead

EL PAÍS entered the Mariscal Zavala military prison where the journalist has been jailed for the last 18 months. The international community hopes he will be released under the Bernardo Arévalo administration, but he remains calm: ‘I’m ready to spend three months or 100 years here’

The president wants to ‘make the election transparent.’ Recognized ancestral authorities will seek to occupy the governorships for the first time

The progressive, pro-government legislators are waging a legal battle. They have until the end of the month to reestablish themselves as an official bloc in Congress

Bernardo Arévalo has failed in two attempts to see eye-to-eye with Consuelo Porras. He can’t immediately remove her, but is seeking another way to get the prosecutor out of office

The official has been called to the presidential office to present a detailed report on different issues during her term at the head of the under-fire Public Prosecutor’s Office

Only about 20% of the extortion cases are attributable to gangs, while the rest are gang ‘imitators,’ Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez said

Washington said ‘credible information’ indicates the former president ‘accepted bribes in exchange for the performance of his public functions during his tenure’

The Colombian president left Guatemala City to an ovation after refusing to leave until the inauguration of his counterpart had gone ahead