In The Sun Was Electric Light, Ruth arrives at Lake Atitlán a loner-searcher. But the people she meets are crucial to her ...

Laborers hired for jobs by customers looking for skilled help at a low price are fear that the public way they solicit work ...

Along the way, vendors sell traditional clothing, cut fruit and helado (ice cream). Murals depicting Mayan cacao culture and coffee plantations cover every corner of San Juan, making it one of the ...

Escuintla, Guatemala (AFP)-Guatemalan authorities said Thursday they were evacuating more than 500 people after Central America’s most active volcano spewed gas and ash. Residents were moved to ...

Clothing is often a lens into a society’s history, values, and artistry—and nowhere is this truer than in Guatemala. Find our guide to exploring the country’s rich heritage of textile making ...

Law enforcement authorities in Guatemala raided the compound of the "Lev Tahor" cult and successfully rescued four minors—two girls and two boys aged 15 to 17—who had been reported missing.

The UN Human Rights Committee found Thursday that Guatemala is responsible for violating the rights of multiple generations of Mayan Indigenous peoples who were forcibly displaced during the country’s ...

Conflict, displacement and violations The Committee found that the 269 members of the K’iche’, Ixil and Kaqchikel Mayan Indigenous Peoples were violently uprooted from their traditional lands and ...

This renewed recognition of ancient agricultural techniques is part of a broader movement by the Indigenous Maya people to reclaim their past and find their place in modern Guatemala. This revival ...

May 3 - A Guatemalan migrant who crossed the US border eight months pregnant and gave birth in Arizona has avoided fast-track deportation after intervention by the state's governor, her lawyer and ...

The overnight Acatenango trek is one of the best and most popular things you can do in Antigua and Guatemala as a whole. Looking back, it’s without a doubt my favorite thing I did in Guatemala. This ...