Guatemalan authorities have arrested an Indigenous leader who spearheaded nationwide protests in 2023 that sought to ensure ...

The Central American country has reasons to be optimistic, writes AS/COA’s CEO.

Central America’s most populous country faces big challenges, but President Bernardo Arévalo is making progress.

One of the indigenous groups who led the protests against the “pact of the corrupt” in 2023 is called the 48 Cantons of ...

In this episode we explore Guatemala City as we continue our adventure backpacking Central America. We visit the area around ...

He was a prolific author and essayist with such celebrated novels as “The Time of the Hero” (La Ciudad y los Perros ... in a ...

Discovered in the ruins of Tikal, the altar sheds light on strained relations between the Maya city and Teotihuacán—which was located more than 600 miles away ...

An altar from the Teotihuacan culture, at the pre-Hispanic heart of what became Mexico, was discovered in Tikal National Park in Guatemala, the center of Mayan culture, demonstrating the ...

An illustration of a Teotihuacan-style altar that was recently discovered in the Mayan site of Tikal is displayed on a screen as Guatemalan archaeologist Lorena Paiz, right, speaks during a press ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — Just steps from the center of Tikal, a 2,400-year-old Maya city in the heart of modern-day Guatemala, a global team of ... of the Proyecto Arqueológico del Sur de ...

A limestone altar linked to the ancient Teotihuacan civilization stands at a recently excavated site in Tikal National Park, Guatemala. Credit: Lorena Paiz Aragón et al. / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 An ancient ...

Guatemala’s geographic proximity to the United States and Mexico gives it an advantage when trying to lure North American businesses seeking to shorten and strengthen their supply chain routes. The ...