Guatemala News

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 4:49 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 5:27 p.m. A man was arrested Friday in Williston on accusations that he molested a 2-year-old, while the man's girlfriend was arrested on accusations that she neglected the same child, who is her daughter.

Quezaltenango is the crossroads of western Guatemala, and brother city to nearby Totonicapan, one of Guatemala's premier craft centers.

Forty percent of Guatemala's estimated 900,000 residents over the age of 60 are living in a state of poverty, the national ombudsman's office said.

Huehuetenango , Western Highlands , Guatemala Tuesday, December 13, 1977 Huehuetenango is the first town you come to on the highland route from Chiapas, and market center for the surrounding countryside.

The imposition of the law into one s own hands in Guatemala worries the authorities because even now it is observed a rise regarding last year.

San Salvador, Nov 12 Venezuela sent humanitarian aid to El Salvador devastated by heavy rain and mudslides, which so far left 157 dead, 58 missing and 14,000 victims.

San Pedro La Laguna in two different towns it has a little village right next to the lake were all the foreigners live the locals call it Gringo town.

Pope John Paul II, the most traveled pope in history, came yesterday to Baltimore, the birthplace of American Catholicism, and presided over a day of celebration, pageantry and prayer.

Fr. Juan Pablo Lobos, a fellow Franciscan brother of Fr. Miguel Angel Hernandez, who was kidnapped and murdered in Honduras in recent days , sent Fides some news about his funeral and his remembrance of Fr.

Guatemalan Franciscan priest Fr. Miguel Angel Hernandez, who had been assigned to a parish in Ocotepeque and who had disappeared last weekend, was found dead in a province of eastern Guatemala.

Guatemala, Nov 9 Guatemala has opened in Villa Nueva Municipality the fourth eye clinic as part of the Operation Miracle, six miles from downtown Guatemala City.

The world is beset by a series of outlandish catastrophes in the much-hyped Sony Pictures movie.

Originally published November 6, 2009 at 8:51 a.m., updated November 6, 2009 at 8:50 a.m. The father-daughter duo work in the operating room, while the mother is busy in post op.

Indigenous women in Chiquimula making rope out of maguey fiber. Credit:Danilo Valladares/IPS GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 4 - Juan Manuel Ardon's bones jut out and his hair is dull and thin: signs of severe malnutrition.

His name is Alan Villatoro. Alan Villatoro Residing in Houston, Texas since 2002, this gifted artist received the news that many can hardly achieve after multiple attempts.

As holidays go, El Dia de los Muertos - known in English as "The Day of the Dead" - is far from bleak.

It was a rainy night in Antigua and the crowds were thin: the costumes weren't meant for rain and Batman's cape wasn't waterproof.

Victoria Lopez cradles 2-year-old granddaughter Jennifer, whose chubby cheeks, bloated legs and stunted growth make her look much younger than healthy children her age.

Four members of the ultraviolent Mara Salvatrucha gang were beaten and burned alive by a mob in the northwestern Guatemalan province of Huehuetenango, police said Thursday.

Latinos play a crucial part in the U.S. If you watched CNN's recent "Latino in America" special, you probably got a good glimpse of it.