First Guatemala Consulate opens in Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — After years of traveling out of state for something as simple as a passport, Guatemalans in Las Vegas now have a place to call their own. It took years of pushing, years of driving hundreds of miles out of state for basic...

Post From Community: A Night in Guatemala

Editor’s note: Post From Community is the place for community announcements and event postings. If you have a community-oriented event you feel our readers would be interested in, please submit here. By Victoria Robison September 24, 7 – 8 p.m....

Maya Forest pact with Belize and Guatemala moves ahead

Home » Mexico » Maya Forest pact with Belize and Guatemala moves ahead Mexico highlights the Maya Forest pact with Belize and Guatemala to protect 5.7 million hectares and opens talks on future rail links, including Maya Train and the Interoceanic...

Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala Sign Historic Gran Selva Maya Biocultural Corridor Declaration

4 On August 15, 2025, the governments of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala signed the Declaration of Calakmul, officially launching the Gran Selva Maya Biocultural Corridor—an unprecedented trinational conservation initiative. The signing ceremony...

Lili Pink Beauty Opens in Guatemala

The Colombian lingerie, activewear and affordable beauty brand Lili Pink marks a new milestone in its regional expansion with the opening of its first Lili Pink Beauty store in Latin America, located in the Peri Roosevelt shopping centre in...

Belize Holds Bilateral With Guatemala's Minister Of Finance

Belize, Mexico and Guatemala Sign Landmark Maya Forest Protection Pact

As we have been reporting last week, there was a major diplomatic gathering, Prime Minister John Briceño met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo in Calakmul, Mexico. Friday’s high-level trilateral...

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Plan to extend Maya Train to Guatemala is full steam ahead after bilateral talks in Calakmul

Mexico and Guatemala have confirmed their intention to extend the Maya Train to Guatemala following a series of talks between Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and her Guatemalan counterpart Bernardo Arévalo. According to both leaders, the train...

52-year-old Guatemalan father killed on Los Angeles freeway fleeing ICE raid at Home Depot

Roberto Carlos Montoya ValdezRoberto Carlos Montoya Valdez, a 52-year-old father from Guatemala, was fatally struck by an SUV on the 210 Freeway Thursday morning while fleeing an ICE raid at the Home Depot in Monrovia, California, where agents...

Volunteer lineworkers from TN bring light to 2 remote Guatemalan villages

Powering lives, building bonds in Guatemala When Donny Thomas closed the switch to energize the line in a small Guatemalan village, the 20-year lineworker felt the same thrill he remembered from his first job. But this time, the simple act brought...

Proyecto de Guatemala, México y Belice sobre selva Maya busca beneficiar a 2 millones de personas

CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA — El proyecto que suscribieron Guatemala, México y Belice sobre el Corredor biocultural de la Gran Selva Maya va a beneficiar a unos dos millones de habitantes que podrán gozar de un vasto sistema de agua dulce en la segunda...

Mexico, Belize and Guatemala create a trinational culture and nature corridor

Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have created an international area called the Great Maya Forest Biocultural Corridor, dedicated to protecting and preserving the biodiversity and cultural heritage of the region. The corridor is the result of a...

Pollo Campero brings taste of Guatemala to Marquette Park

At 79th and Pulaski, a former White Castle now serves Pollo Campero’s signature fried and grilled chicken. The Marquette Park restaurant is the chain’s third location in Chicago and fourth in Illinois, part of a growing footprint that includes...

Guatemalan prison guards held hostage by rioting inmates freed after 3 days

August 16, 2025 / 6:19 PM EDT / CBS/AP Guatemalan authorities on Saturday freed nine prison guards who had been held hostage since Thursday by rioting inmates in Guatemala City, an official said. Members of Guatemala's two largest gangs — Barrio...

Guatemalan prison guards freed after being held hostage by gang members

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities on Saturday freed nine prison guards who had been held hostage since Thursday by rioting inmates in Guatemala City, an official said. Members of Guatemala’s two largest gangs — Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha...

Guatemalan prison guards freed after being held hostage by gang members

Prime Minister Briceño to meet with Mexican & Guatemalan presidents

Mexico President Claudia Scheinbum By William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Wed. Aug. 13, 2025 Belize’s prime minister and Guatemala’s president are to have joint talks with Mexico’s president, Claudia Scheinbaum, at the World Heritage...

Cuban Medical Brigade in Guatemala receives another recognition

In an event honoring Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro’s 99th birthday, the Guatemalan organization described the Cuban professionals in white coats as a living symbol of internationalism, commitment, and humanity. The group added that since the...

Thousands of Guatemalans deported from US with nothing more than the contents of a white plastic sack

“Maybe you have left your family in the US but the same god who is here in Guatemala is there in the US,” says a local church volunteer at La Aurora Air Force Base in Guatemala city. The volunteer is leading more than 90 Guatemalans in prayer....