In attempting to target gang leadership, Guatemala's government instead exposed its limited capacity to do so.

Guatemala has ended its monthlong state of emergency after deadly attacks on police pushed President Bernardo Arévalo to seek ...

Guatemala has become a focal point in the broader strategic competition between China and democratic states for influence in ...

Heavily armed Guatemalan troops and military police deployed to the country's capital Tuesday, challenging street gangs ...

President Bernardo Arévalo ended the nationwide state of siege in Guatemala on Monday, while maintaining joint military and police operations to combat organized crime and gangs. The move comes ...

President Bernardo Arevalo replaces a month-long emergency decree with a “state of prevention” after 11 police officers were killed in gang-linked violence.

UN experts released a statement on Monday expressing concern over historic illegal intercountry child adoptions in Guatemala and allegations that Attorney General María Consuelo Porras had handled ...

Environmental and territorial defenders in Guatemala face a critical moment as violence targeting them increases across the country. In 2024, at least 20 such defenders were killed for their work, up ...

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes the release of journalist Jose Rubén Zamora on 12 February 2026, after more than three years of arbitrary detention in Guatemala. While hailing this ...

Magdalena is "reallocating capital, talent, and governance toward industrial biology," says biochem unit director Andrés Rodas.