One night, while backpacking in Guatemala, I was woken up by a pain in my leg. Nearly bumping my head against the upper bunk ...

Guatemala is returning to hardline security policies amid a resurgence of gang activity, two years after its president pledged a renewed approach to the problem. Upon taking office in January 2024, ...

The program, nearly 30 years old, had allowed Cuban medical workers to fill critical needs in Guatemala, while reaping income for Cuba. By Jody García and James Wagner Jody Garcia reported from ...

A woman walks past a banner that says ‘against foreign intervention,’ in Spanish, in Guatemala in 1954. Bettmann/Getty Images In the aftermath of the U.S. military strike that seized Venezuelan ...

The United States of America (United States, or U.S.) and the Republic of Guatemala (Guatemala) have agreed to a Framework for an Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (Agreement) that further strengthens and ...

I first encountered the ideas of ultralight backpacking in 1994, in an article in now-defunct (and much-missed) Backpacker magazine. It was titled “Less is More,” by Mark Jenkins. (I still have a PDF ...

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Armed gang members stormed into the funeral of a rival gang member in Guatemala, killing at least 7 people and wounding 13 others, government officials said. Guatemala is plagued by the violent ...

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo said Friday he has not signed an agreement with the United States to take asylum seekers from other countries, pushing back against comments from ...

Last summer, my partner and I backpacked through Central America for 12 days. Although I loved the trip, I wish we'd visited Lake Atitlán during our stay in Guatemala. Next time, I'd also choose to ...