Guatemala's new government will continue to receive Honduran and Salvador asylum seekers from the United States under a controversial asylum deal.

Guatemala City's main shelter for migrants and asylum seekers and the priest who runs it have been the targets of threatening phone calls.

Guatemala’s new government could bring stability but analysts see little hope for substantive change in the return of military and private sector elites to power.

Guatemalan authorities have started to arrested officials who lost their immunity from prosecution this week when a new administration took office.

Guatemala's new president was sworn in amid protests against the outgoing leader and uncertainty over the future of an asylum deal with the United States.

Guatemalan civil society groups are calling on authorities to arrest president Jimmy Morales for corruption as soon as his successor takes office.

Guatemala's highest court ordered an immediate halt to a controversial commission of inquiry into the work of the UN-backed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala, CICIG.

Social movements protested the 30-day state of siege, fearing it will lead to more repression and violence in the region.

Guatemalan former first lady and presidential runner-up Sandra Torres was arrested in connection with alleged campaign financing crimes.

Guatemalans are concerned corruption will flourish with a vengeance following the imminent shutdown of an international commission against impunity.

An estimated 45,000 people were disappeared during the 36-year civil war in Guatemala. Their relatives continue a decades-long search for truth and justice.

The presidential run-off election came at a crucial moment — as Guatemala, a country itself experiencing a mass exodus, grapples with a “safe third country” agreement touted by the Trump administration but with potentially grave consequences.

Guatemalans are heading to the polls to pick the country's next president, in an election taking place against a backdrop of broad voter disaffection and little hope for substantive change.

Guatemala is now among the most dangerous countries in the world for land and environmental activists, Global Witness said in a new report.

Lawyers vow to appeal after judge rules against Maya Achi women who were raped by paramilitary patrolmen during Guatemala's civil war.

Analysts say Guatemala lacks conditions for safety its own population, let alone asylum seekers from other countries.

Guatemalans began voting on Sunday morning in the country's general election amid concerns of irregularities in recent days.

Guatemalan police arrested a former military commander accused of genocide and crimes against humanity on Sunday after he showed up to cast his ballots in the general election.

The removal of two of the top three candidates leaves former first lady Sandra Torres the front-runner.

Presidential candidates’ proposals to address migration range from farmer support to US military bases