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Team Belize arrive in Guatemala for 12th Central American Games
Views: 67 Views: 64 Posted: Wednesday, October 15, 2025. 12:54 pm CST. Belize Men’s National Softball Team – Photo Credit; Roy Briceño/Belize Baseball and Softball Federation By Rubén Morales Iglesias: Belize have officially begun their campaign...
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world Guatemalan officials resign after maximum security jailbreak
GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala's President Bernardo Arevalo said on Wednesday (Oct 15) he had accepted the resignations of his minister of governance and two deputies in the wake of an August jailbreak from a maximum security prison. Governance...
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Festival Chapín brings Guatemalan community together despite ICE fears
This past weekend, thousands of people, many in Guatemalan soccer jerseys, strolled through blocked off streets outside Lafayette Park. There, tents were occupied with vendors selling traditional Guatemalan food dishes, toys, packaged snacks, art...
Owner: Patrick Soon-Shiong
Sumer Trip To Guatemala Looks To Benefit U.S., Oregon Beef
This summer, Will Wise, CEO of the Oregon Beef Council, participated in USMEF’s Latin American Product Showcase in Guatemala City. Wise noted Latin America is a solid emerging market, where American beef is well received. "We talk about filling in...
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Hidden rainforest camera proves humans and wildlife can peacefully coexist
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A forest can look alive from above and still be silent, with no footprints, calls, or creatures. Scientists even have a name for it: an “empty forest.” But not all forests follow that story. In northern Guatemala, in the heart of the Maya...
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El Salvador vs Guatemala: How to Watch, Odds, WCQ Preview
El Salvador and Guatemala face off in World Cup 2026 qualifying action. Here's everything you need to know ahead of kickoff, including how to watch El Salvador vs. Guatemala and odds. How to watch El Salvador vs. Guatemala Date: Tuesday, October...
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Guatemala: Jose Rubén Zamora still behind bars thanks to judicial quagmire
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Issued on 6 October, the Supreme Court’s decision marks a rare admission by the country’s highest judicial authority of the serious irregularities that tainted the proceedings against Jose Rubén Zamora. The CSJ found that the appeals court “failed...
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Ten Fugitives Recaptured After Guatemala Prison Break
Ten of the twenty high-profile inmates who escaped from Guatemala’s Fraijanes II maximum-security prison have been recaptured. The escape, which occurred gradually over the past two months, was only publicly disclosed on Sunday, October 12....
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Belize on Alert After Gang Members Escape Prison in Guatemala
A serious security warning is in effect; Belizean authorities are on high alert after news broke that twenty high-profile gang members escaped from a maximum-security prison in Guatemala. These men are linked to the notorious Eighteenth Street...
Owner: Lord Michael Ashcroft
U.S.-designated terrorists escape Guatemalan prison, raising security concerns for Central America and beyond
U.S.-designated terrorists escape Guatemalan prison, raising security concerns for Central America and beyond Twenty Barrio 18 gang members, designated as terrorists by the U.S., escaped from a Guatemalan maximum-security prison. U.S. Embassy...
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Guatemalan Congress called to approve anti-gang reforms
In a press conference from the National Palace of Culture, the headquarters of the Executive Branch, the Minister explained that these reforms to the law are operational tools in the Penal Code, in other regulations, and in the creation of...
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Boards Across Borders: Two Chicago Brothers’ Love Letter to the Guatemalan Skate Community
“It’s one of those things where you wish you could remember the moment better, because it was when your whole life changed,” said Javier. Today, Javier runs a grassroots operation called “Boards Across Borders” alongside his younger brother...
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The colonial legacy of retreat: From Palestine to Belize
How British promises of peace became legacies of conflict—from the Middle East to Central America By Ismael Perez SAN IGNACIO TOWN, Cayo District, Tues. Oct. 14, 2025 The tragedy unfolding in Gaza today echoes Belize’s own history of colonial...
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Guatemala Receives First “Third-country” Deportees
Guatemala has received its first flight containing “third-country” deportees from the US. Third-country deportees are illegal immigrants originating from a third country (i.e. not the US or the country to which they are being deported). The flight...
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Se desploma avioneta en comunidad rural de Guatemala, mueren sus tres ocupantes
Una avioneta que realizaba un vuelo local en Guatemala se accidentó el martes matando a los tres ocupantes que viajaban en ella en una localidad rural al occidente de la capital del país centroamericano. Los bomberos confirmaron el percance y...
Owner: Patrick Soon-Shiong
WSU study finds how humans and animals can coexist in a Guatemalan forest
Researchers from Washington State University (WSU) have discovered a model where humans and wildlife can share a forest without harming the environment. The study, published in Conservation Biology, reveals that the Uaxactun community-managed...
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Guatemala receives first foreign US deportees
Guatemala received on Friday its first group of foreign deportees from the United States, authorities said, making good on a promise to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The Trump administration has launched a mass deportation drive, sending some...
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Escape of 20 Barrio 18 gang members from a maximum-security prison sparks crisis in Guatemala
Guatemalan authorities confirmed that 20 inmates, members of the Barrio 18 gang, escaped from the Fraijanes II maximum-security prison, located about 12 miles from Guatemala City, two months ago, although the information had not been released...
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1xBet secures online betting licence in Guatemala
Global betting company 1xBet has obtained regulatory approval to launch operations in Guatemala, confirming it began offering services in May 2025 under digital licence number 2025-40. The company had met all government requirements before going...
Owner: Diego Fiz & Pablo Zuppi