The next few weeks of campaigning in Guatemala will be tense, as many hold their breath in anticipation of further disruption in a presidential election marred by chaos and inconsistencies.

The race for the presidency took a surprising twist: A left-wing, anti-corruption candidate has secured a place in the runoff vote in August. (Story aired on Weekend Edition Sunday on June 2, 2023.)

In Guatemala, the race for the Presidency has taken a surprising twist: A left-wing, anti-corruption candidate has confounded all expectations and secured a place in the runoff vote in August.

Guatemalans will head to the polls today, but some of the leading presidential candidate have been barred from running and voter apathy and mistrust reign.

The historic integrity of Antigua, the Guatemalan UNESCO World Heritage site, is being threatened by vague planning laws and rampant development.

Guatemalan authorities have arrested a prominent journalist and outspoken critic of the government, prompting outrage on the part of human rights activists.

There's been a lot of talk about democracy at this weeks Summit of Americas in Los Angeles. Some attendants are alarmed at an increasing deterioration of the rule of law in Guatemala.

A plane from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is scheduled to arrive in Honduras early Thursday to take former President Juan Orlando Hernández to the U.S. to face drug and weapons charges.

Batteries for electric cars are creating demand for more nickel — and a court case brought by an Indigenous community near a Guatemalan nickel mine could have broad implications.

Judges in Guatemala City on Monday found five men guilty of raping three dozen women some 40 years ago — during the height of the violence in Guatemala's long civil conflict.

The Mayan communities of Guatemala are among the world's most vulnerable when it comes to COVID-19 due to many factors, including their centuries-long marginalization by the country's ruling elite.

President Daniel Ortega continues to crack down on political opponents, jailing at least seven potential challengers in November's presidential election.

Vice President Kamala Harris is visiting Guatemala this week, as part of the Biden administration's effort to address the root causes of migration from Central America to the United States.

A migrant caravan consisting of thousands of Hondurans is moving north with the aim of reaching the U.S., and a less restrictive border policy under a Biden administration.

Health Minister Hugo Monroy said deportees from the United States now account for a large number of coronavirus cases in the country, although Guatemala's president has cited only four cases.

Guatemala inaugurates a new president Tuesday who has vowed to end the poverty and violence that have sent Guatemalans fleeing to the U.S. Analysts doubt he'll make real reforms.

A Honduran seeking asylum in the U.S. has been sent to Guatemala where he must first seek asylum under a deal brokered with Guatemala in July. He is the first to be removed under the agreement.

El Salvador's new president ran his campaign largely on social media and his first actions as president have been made through tweets. His supporters love it. His detractors describe it as autocratic.

Indigenous groups and human rights activists worry that the violence that raged through their communities in the 1970s and 1980s is making a comeback.

The migrants are encountering crowded shelters, strained resources, and residents who are not as generous as they were with a previous caravan that was making its way to the U.S.-Mexico border.