Lisandro Alonso Martínez’s ‘Eureka,’ screening at the Gijón International Film Festival this week, is the latest in a wave of films that address Indigenous massacres and brutal dictatorships through fantastical elements
Today, bananas have lost their capacity for extortion in favor of agroindustries and open-pit mining concessions, but above all drug trafficking
Unlike in Venezuela, Nicaragua and El Salvador, the international community is responding fast to the threat to democracy in the Central American country
The current migration model is based on the misuse of economic and human resources without any benefits for the parties involved. But it is possible to change this ruinous blueprint
Social and Indigenous organizations have announced that they will continue to protest efforts to undermine the results of the August 20 general election
From the world-famous Mexican holiday, to parades in Ireland, trick-or-treaters in the U.S. and thousands of people launching huge kites in Guatemala, the Day of the Dead is more alive than ever among those who want to honor their deceased loved ones
Demonstrators have pushed back riot police and extended their protest demanding the resignation of the attorney general, whom they accuse of trying to prevent president-elect Bernardo Arévalo from taking office
The remarks complicate the public’s understanding of an event that still resonates, as tensions remain high between Tehran and Washington over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and its aiding of militia groups across the Mideast
Latin America and the Caribbean have an enormous educational setback, and those who carry the burden are poorly paid, technologically challenged teachers with pandemic fatigue
The ex-attorney general of Guatemala wants to return to her home country, where she is hopeful President-elect Bernardo Arévalo will take office in January
The Prosecutor’s Office has asked for a total of 969 years in prison for 11 police officers involved in the migrant massacre. For the repentant officer – who has been key to building the case – prosecutors are asking that he receive a reduced sentence of 19 years
The lungs of Indians, Congolese and Bangladeshis are in worse condition than those of a person who has smoked for years. The UN wants to create a global fund to combat an issue that has become the world’s biggest public health problem
The president-elect has denounced an attempt to block him from being sworn in on January 14, calling it a coup’
The decision by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal came days after the electoral registry suspended the party on a judge’s order
At least 91,000 immediate family members were detained last month, the highest figure since May 2019
Arévalo appears certain to take office as president on Jan. 14, but it was not clear whether his Seed Movement lawmakers would be able to take their seats in the country’s Congress
The Seed Movement candidate and anti-corruption champion won 58% of the vote, while his rival, Sandra Torres, secured 37.2%
In an interview with EL PAÍS, the Movimiento Semilla leader, who has a comfortable lead in the polls ahead of Sunday’s elections, proposes ‘re-founding’ a system hijacked ‘by the corrupt political class’
Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arévalo will face off Sunday. Opinion polls released this week have showed the latter ahead by a wide margin
Every week, repatriation flights bring hundreds back to the Central American country, some of whom haven’t lived there in years
The State Department warns that it ‘will consider all available tools to deter and disrupt anti-democratic activity’ in Central American countries
The director of the Americas Division of Human Rights Watch regrets that the final declaration of the EU-CELAC summit does not openly condemn the region’s authoritarian regimes
President Alejandro Giammattei was deeply unpopular at home, but managed to consolidate his control of the justice system with little consequence
The Constitutional Court has granted a provisional injunction, which for the time being ensures his participation in the second round of voting. The progressive candidate achieved a surprise 12% of the first-round vote to move into a contest for the presidency with former first lady Sandra Torres
The government’s actions against Arévalo sparked objections from within and outside Guatemala. U.S. officials called them a threat to the country’s democracy
At the age of 12, Fatima’s teacher in Guatemala abused her and disappeared. Now, along with four other women, she is demanding justice to prevent history from repeating itself
Guatemala’s troubled presidential election has been thrown into even greater turmoil after the country’s top electoral tribunal confirmed the results of the June 25 vote while the Attorney General’s Office announced that the second place party had been suspended
