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2 months ago | 
english.alarabiya.net | Guatemala City
US military planes carrying dozens of expelled migrants arrived in Guatemala, authorities said Friday, as President Donald Trump moved to crack down on illegal immigration. A total of 265 Guatemalans arrived on three flights – two operated by the military, and one a charter, the Central American country’s migration institute said, updating earlier figures. For all the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Fritz Pinnow |Guatemala City
"It all started as a small passion project," says Fabriccio Díaz, 28, who, together with his wife Lucía Ramírez, 25, runs the only fully operational photo film development lab in Central America from their apartment in Guatemala City. "Now we have over 60 clients a month and have developed over 800 rolls just this year," he adds.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com | Guatemala City
In the 80s and early 90s, LAC was at the forefront of commitments to health and wellbeing, including health system reforms, poverty alleviation efforts, extension of primary health care (PHC), and legal and constitutional commitments to health and health equity, paving the way for universal health coverage (UHC) efforts. These shifts were partly in response to a return to democratic ideals after long periods of dictatorship and unrest.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
academic.oup.com | Guatemala City |Alicia Chang
Oral diseases and associated illnesses interfere with cancer treatment, increase morbidity, prolong hospital stay, and increase costs. Oral care of children with cancer is essential to prevent oral diseases and decrease its symptoms. Standardized oral health and hygiene (OHH) practices must be a priority and incorporated as a routine cancer care quality. To improve OHH, baseline information of practices, processes and institutional support are necessary.
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May 25, 2024 | 
taipeitimes.com | Guatemala City
Reuters, GUATEMALA CITY Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo on Friday said that China had rejected entry to some shipments from the Central American nation, speculating that this could be due to Guatemala’s diplomatic relationship with Taiwan. The day before, Guatemala’s exporters’ association had reported that at least seven containers of macadamia nuts had been unable to enter China and that traders had been told Guatemalan macadamia and coffee would be denied entry.
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Feb 9, 2024 | 
taipeitimes.com | Guatemala City
Reuters, GUATEMALA CITY Guatemala has no intention of breaking diplomatic relations with Taiwan despite seeking closer economic links with China, President Bernardo Arevalo said on Thursday, pledging to boost ties with both players in parallel. Arevalo assumed office in mid-January vowing to end corruption and establish relations with China, raising the possibility that those ties might come at the expense of historic diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
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Feb 2, 2024 | 
taipeitimes.com | Guatemala City
ELECTION MEDDLING? Guatemala’s president said the office of the attorney-general ‘is where the perverse system remains anchored’ and a resolution was being sought AP, GUATEMALA CITY Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo on Thursday said that with his political party suspended, little support in the Guatemalan Congress and an attorney-general in hot pursuit, he would appeal to the Guatemalan people to help him overcome the entrenched old guard and achieve the change he campaigned on.
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Jan 15, 2024 | 
taipeitimes.com | Guatemala City
AFP, GUATEMALA CITY Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo yesterday promised to fight corruption and stand firm against global authoritarianism, in his first speech after being sworn in. “We will not allow our institutions to be bent by corruption and impunity,” he said at the inauguration ceremony — held in Guatemala City more than nine hours late after a last-ditch effort to prevent the anti-corruption crusader from taking office.
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Dec 27, 2023 | 
taipeitimes.com | Guatemala City
AFP, GUATEMALA CITY The Guatemalan Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the release of former anti-corruption prosecutor Virginia Laparra, who was sentenced in December last year to four years in prison for abuse of authority in a trial criticized by the international community. The criminal chamber of the court ordered that “the preventive detention of the accused cease,” in a decision confirmed by Laparra’s lawyers.
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Dec 15, 2023 | 
taipeitimes.com | Guatemala City
Sat, Dec 16, 2023 page5 AFP, GUATEMALA CITY Guatemala’s top court on Thursday ordered the Guatemalan Congress to “guarantee” the swearing-in of Bernardo Arevalo as the nation’s president after accepting an appeal against efforts by the prosecutors’ office aimed at preventing him from assuming power on Jan. 14. The Guatemalan Constitutional Court said in a statement that it had issued an order to “command Congress ...
