GUATEMALA CITY -- The Hotel Inter-Continental Guatemala recently opened here, adding 240 rooms to the capital's hotel inventory. Located in the Zona Viva district, rooms include one presidential suite ...

The most populous country in Central America with 14.7 million inhabitants, Guatemala is experiencing the common developing nation scenario – a huge youth population – as 70 percent of the population ...

The Family Matters Association of Guatemala (AFI) welcomed the recent announcement by President Alejandro Giammattei that the country will be declared the “Ibero-American Pro-Life Capital” on March 9, ...

A recent report on extortion in Guatemala indicates that the criminal practice is mostly an urban phenomenon perpetrated by gang members who act with little fear of consequence. The report by ...

FILE PHOTO - Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen, President of Guatemala, speaks to the United Nations General Assembly September 21, 1999. REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine/File Photo GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former ...

Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano erupted on Thursday evening, forcing nearly 2,000 people from their homes, killing one person and injuring at least 20. The nearby capital has been covered by a cloud of ...

GUATEMALA CITY --A rain-sodden hillside about 300 feet high collapsed onto a neighborhood on the outskirts of Guatemala's capital with a roar and wave of sudden darkness, killing at least 26 people ...

Guatemala's Volcano of Fire erupted Saturday, spewing lava and sending up plumes of ash that rained down on nearby communities and could eventually reach the capital, civil protection authorities said ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Guatemala’s capital and Rhode Island’s capital are now sister cities after a former Guatemalan president’s visit to Providence. Guatemala City Mayor Alvaro Arzu and Providence ...

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Former Guatemalan president and current mayor of the capital Alvaro Arzu died on Friday at the age of 72, officials said. Arzu was one of the most influential politicians in ...