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Guatemala

  • Saturday, 31 January, 2026
    Guatemala says it can win ‘war’ on gangs

    El Salvador-style crackdown and mega-prison not the answer to organised crime and violence in his country, says interior minister

    Law enforcement officers restrain inmates lying face down on the ground after regaining control of the prison in Escuintla, Guatemala.
  • Wednesday, 25 December, 2024
    ReviewFiction
    The Rest is Silence — standing the test of time

    Augusto Monterroso’s playful tale of a writer in search of a lasting legacy takes aim at the literary establishment

    A black and white photo of hands on a typewriter
  • Thursday, 7 November, 2024
    InterviewAt Home with the FT
    Artist Vivian Suter’s Guatemalan jungle hideaway

    She ended up in Panajachel by chance, but never left — building a home on a former coffee plantation that’s rooted in the landscape and filled with colour

    A woman with red hair, dressed in long-sleeved shirt and pants, stands on a rustic bamboo bridge surrounded by dense, vibrant green foliage
  • Saturday, 5 October, 2024
    What to see in London during Frieze Week 2024
    Curator Pablo José Ramírez: ‘Art history doesn’t belong exclusively to the western world’

    His new section at Frieze London brings together Indigenous and diaspora artists, with a focus on clay

    A man seated, wearing tinted glasses, a black polo-neck sweater and a dark navy blue suit
  • Sunday, 25 August, 2024
    Guatemalan president warns of risk of ‘coup via the courts’

    Bernardo Arévalo says he must move slowly after taking office this year because of opposition by the ‘pact of the corrupt’

    Bernardo Arévalo during an interview
  • Sunday, 14 January, 2024
    Guatemala’s new president to take office against the odds

    Political outsider Bernardo Arévalo has pledged to tackle corruption after defying hostile prosecutors

    Bernardo Arévalo
  • Tuesday, 12 December, 2023
    US to restrict visas on most of Guatemala’s congress amid ‘attempted coup’

    Lawmakers and officials have sought to prevent anti-corruption president-elect from taking office

    Bernardo Arévalo surrounded by people at a press conferene
  • Friday, 24 November, 2023
    Art Basel Miami Beach 2023
    Guatemala’s Proyectos Ultravioleta gallery offers new models for the art market

    Co-founder Stefan Benchoam has gone from selling beer to make rent to showing at Art Basel

    A man in blue shirt and jeans leans against a putty-coloured wall with a painting of a white wave against a pink sky
  • Saturday, 2 September, 2023
    Americas politics & policy
    Guatemala president-elect says ‘coup’ under way to stop him taking office

    Bernardo Arévalo warns of ‘political mafias’ and calls for people in the Central American country to unite in resistance

    Guatemala president-elect Bernardo Arevalo, right, and vice-president-elect Karin Herrera
  • Monday, 21 August, 2023
    Anti-corruption candidate wins Guatemala presidency in landslide

    Voters back former diplomat Bernardo Arévalo as Latin American nation prepares for tense transition

    Supporters of the Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arévalo celebrate his win in the presidential run-off election in Guatemala City on Sunday
  • Friday, 14 July, 2023
    FT Magazine
    Colour and cautious hope on a ‘bling bling’ bus journey through Guatemala

    The country’s remodelled US school buses showcase both its passion and problems

    A colourfully decorated bus parked outside a market
  • Tuesday, 4 July, 2023
    Guatemala’s democracy ‘at risk’ after court delays vote results

    Anti-corruption candidate Bernardo Arévalo says ‘criminal political groups’ trying to block him reaching second-round vote

    Bernardo Arévalo leaving his car
  • Monday, 26 June, 2023
    Guatemala heads for centre-left run-off as anger grows over corruption

    Almost a quarter of voters spoil ballots or leave them blank after four candidates were barred from running

    UNE presidential candidate Sandra Torres in Guatemala City on Monday
  • Friday, 23 June, 2023
    Guatemala gears up for tainted presidential vote

    Authoritarianism and ‘shady deals’ leave population disillusioned

    Protesters hold banner and blow trumpets
  • Wednesday, 14 June, 2023
    Latin America
    Guatemala court convicts high-profile journalist of money laundering

    Press freedom groups denounce prosecution of José Rubén Zamora

    José Rubén Zamora
  • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
    News in-depth
    ‘Everyone is terrified’: Guatemalan journalist faces decades in prison

    Crackdown on press in Central America’s largest economy has led many to flee

    José Rubén Zamora, centre
  • Monday, 3 April, 2023
    Taiwan
    Taiwan clings to its rare diplomatic friends as China looms large

    Beijing has threatened Tsai Ing-wen over US trip where she is expected to meet officials

    Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen shakes hands with her Guatemalan counterpart Alejandro Giammattei on Saturday
  • Monday, 26 December, 2022
    ReviewVisual Arts
    Lives of the Gods — the mysterious Maya at the Metropolitan Museum

    A dazzling New York exhibition shows the richness, humour and humanity of this ancient culture

    A stone carving of two seated figures looking at each other within elaborate frames
  • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
    News in-depthPress freedom
    Press freedoms erode under Central America’s strongmen

    Arrest of prominent journalist in Guatemala highlights the increasing threats from authoritarian rulers

    Journalist José Rubén Zamora at a court hearing in Guatemala City
  • Monday, 13 December, 2021
    Taiwan ally Guatemala fends off Beijing overtures

    Central American nation will retain diplomatic relations with Taipei, says president Alejandro Giammattei

    Guatemala’s president Alejandro Giammattei
  • Friday, 12 November, 2021
    Millicom Inc.
    Millicom makes big bet on Guatemala in $2.2bn telecoms deal

    Investment from Luxembourg-headquartered company is the largest on record for the Central American country

  • Sunday, 9 May, 2021
    Central America
    Central American stagnation drives migrant exodus

    US aid to end border crisis must contend with poverty, corruption and violence in home countries

    A woman carries her children up the bank of the Rio Grande in Texas after crossing the US-Mexico border
  • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Central America needs a bold gesture from the US

    Tackling soaring migration means helping to alleviate its root causes

    Honduran asylum seekers wait to register at a migrant camp on the US-Mexico border
  • Monday, 22 March, 2021
    US immigration
    US officials visit Mexico and Guatemala to discuss migration

    Biden administration seeks to stem tide of border crossings, especially by unaccompanied minors

  • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
    Global migration
    Guatemala launches crackdown on US-bound migrant caravan

    Large group of Hondurans fleeing hurricane devastation could present test for Biden border policies

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