GUATEMALA CITY — Alvaro Colom awoke Monday to the realization an entire country of poor and desperate people was depending on him. Having won Guatemala’s presidential election Sunday night, Colom will ...

Rebeca Vicente had planned a road trip to Houston to renew her passport at the Guatemalan consulate. But when she heard that her homeland had just opened a new consulate in Oklahoma City, Vicente was ...

According to the spokesman of the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction, Juan Laureano, at least 594 people have been moved to shelters, AP reported.

This paper discusses the impacts of population growth and economic development on maize diversity in highland Guatemala. In the context of this discussion, economic development specifically refers to ...

Guatemala is characterized by low contraceptive use rates and one of the highest fertility rates in the Western Hemisphere. These rates are particularly extreme for the poorest segment of the ...

Due to continuing volcanic activity following the first eruption of the “Volcan de Fuego” on 3 June, the evaluation of the needs of the affected population has been delayed. UNHCR, the UN Refugee ...

Dozens of journalists and NGO members have been forced to leave El Salvador in recent months, fearing ongoing repression by ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson William Spindler – to whom quoted text may be attributed – in response to a question at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in ...