“The government of Guatemala respects and strives to guarantee freedom of journalism in the country,” Kevin López, Press secretary of the President Giammattei, said in a statement to CNN.

The arrest of Guatemalan journalist José Rubén Zamora shines a spotlight on the country’s attacks on journalists. Would US intervention make the situation any better?

She blames Guatemala’s federal government for perpetuating the region’s deep-seated poverty by failing to respond to the needs of the rural indigenous Mayan population.

The Guatemala-U.S. meetings signal the center-left government of President Bernard Arevalo, a Biden administration ally, wants to start on smooth terms with the Trump administration, despite ties ...

The Attorney General's Office accuses Luis Pacheco, now serving in President Bernardo Arévalo's government, of terrorism and illicit association.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo’s new administration says it will make addressing widespread extortion its top security priority. Interior Minister Francisco ...

One of Guatemala's most prominent journalists has been sentenced to six years in prison for money laundering, in a trial condemned by press freedom and human rights advocates. José Rubén Zamora ...

GUATEMALA CITY — In what Guatemalan authorities described as a national security incident, hackers affiliated with the activist group Anonymous disabled multiple government webpages Saturday.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemalan government’s clumsy interference with its presidential election has turned a global spotlight on rampant corruption that previously had received only ...

C olonel Carlos Castillo Armas, the deadpan little insurgent who overthrew the pro-Communist government of Guatemala, came back in triumph last week to his country’s capital. Guatemalans greeted ...

The government of Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei has insisted there is freedom of the press in Guatemala and denied any political motivation in the Zamora case, according to news reports.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemalan government’s clumsy interference with its presidential election has turned a global spotlight on rampant corruption that previously had received only ...