The lawyer and former Guatemalan prosecutor Juan Francisco Solórzano Foppa has been shot dead, along with another person whom the authorities classify as a "collateral victim," while serving as the technical director of a soccer team during a match in Guatemala City. At that moment, the bodyguards assigned to him...
IAG Cargo, the air cargo unit of International Airlines Group (IAG), has received at its hub in Madrid an institutional and business delegation from Guatemala with the aim of analyzing new ways to strengthen trade exchange with Europe.The visiting group, made up of 15 people, was composed of representatives from...
Freshuelva has added to the current strawberry planting campaign 304 workers from Morocco and Guatemala, hired at origin to meet the labor demand of the associated companies.As the organization explained in an informative note, this contingent is made up of 275 Moroccan female workers and 29 male and female workers...
The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, has ordered the initiation of an investigation to clarify the possible involvement of the Army in the death of eight people last weekend in the municipality of Huité, in the department of Zacapa, near the border with Honduras.During a public statement, Arévalo explained that...
Travel reservations in camper to destinations in Latin America have skyrocketed by 137% between January and August 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, according to data from CamperDays, which has added Guatemala to its catalog of countries.The company, present in more than 35 markets, indicates that this surge...
Cox has communicated that it continues with its expansion plan in Central America through the development of the photovoltaic solar project 'Chiquimulilla' in Guatemala, which foresees an installed capacity of 75.2 megawatts peak (MWp). This figure places it among the largest solar parks in the Guatemalan market, as detailed by...
The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, has accused certain local leaders and drug trafficking structures of providing funds for the roadblocks called against the rise in fuel prices in the Central American country.In a message to the nation, the head of state detailed that in several points of the territory...
The Government of Guatemala reported this Saturday that security forces have managed to clear the 34 points that remained blocked on various roads in the country due to protests against the rising fuel prices and, in certain cases, to demand the resignation of the president, Bernardo Arévalo, in compliance with...
The Police of Guatemala has reported that it has managed to clear the blockades set up by protesters on the main access and exit roads of Guatemala City, in the context of the protests against the rising fuel prices, which have caused disturbances and clashes with the security forces."Mission accomplished....
Cox has secured a new contract to develop in Guatemala a project for energy generation and storage using batteries (BESS, for its initials in English), which will have a generation capacity of 76 megawatts (MW) and 27 MW of awarded power. The agreement comes from a long-term public tender for...
The authorities of Guatemala have communicated that the eruption of the Fuego volcano "has ended" after 50 hours of activity in which "a wide range of volcanic products" has been generated, among which "pyroclastic density currents" and "dispersion and fall of ash" stand out."After accumulating 50 hours since its start,...
The National Institute of Seismology, Volcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology (Insivumeh) of Guatemala has issued a warning due to the resurgence of activity of the Fuego volcano, located in the south of the country, which has led authorities to initiate the first evacuations after entering a more explosive phase.According to Insivumeh,...
The Attorney General and highest official of the Public Ministry (MP) of Guatemala, Gabriel García Luna, has removed from their duties seven prosecutors who held relevant positions during the term of Consuelo Porras, who was sanctioned by the United States, the European Union, and Canada for "undermining democracy" and "participating...
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed between Peru and Guatemala will begin to be applied on July 1, after the Peruvian Foreign Minister, Carlos Pareja Ríos, handed over to the Guatemalan ambassador, Estuardo Meneses, the diplomatic note certifying the fulfillment of the internal procedures necessary for its entry into force,...
The president of Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo, has pointed out that the new understanding with the United States seeks to strengthen cooperation against drug trafficking, but without contemplating in any case the deployment of US military personnel on Guatemalan soil."It implies the intensification of the agreements we have already been talking...
The Government of Guatemala has ratified this Thursday that the United States will provide "assistance" to its security forces in operations against drug trafficking cartels operating in the Central American country, following a formal request made to the Pentagon. At the same time, the Executive has denied that these are...
Ecoener has been selected as the awardee of two supply contracts (PPAs, for its acronym in English) with a term of fifteen years in the largest electricity auction held to date in Guatemala, organized by the Government within its Generation Expansion Plan. These agreements will allow for the deployment of...