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Ecuador president to attend U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Guillermo Lasso will attend the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next month, he...
Read moreGuatemalan congress approves $500 million loan from World Bank
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's congress approved on Wednesday a $500 million loan from the World Bank that the government...
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Guatemala president says won’t attend U.S. summit after political tension
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said on Tuesday he would not attend next month's Summit of the...
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Guatemalan prosecutor labeled corrupt by U.S. gets tapped for new term
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) -Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei reappointed the country's attorney general to a new term on Monday, prompting U.S....
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U.S. sanctions Guatemala’s attorney general over accusations of corruption
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. government has sanctioned Guatemalan Attorney General Maria Porras over accusations of "involvement in significant...
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Central American, Caribbean blocs condemn attack on Ukraine
By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - Two blocs of Central American and Caribbean countries condemned Russia's attack on Ukraine...
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Mexican officials clear out migrant camp at Texas border
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican authorities have cleared a makeshift encampment of migrants in the northern border city of Reynosa that...
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Biden to talk with Mexican president on Friday -White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden will hold talks Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday to discuss...
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Mexico detains almost 6,000 foreign migrants in four days
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico detained almost 6,000 foreign migrants in a four-day span, the country's National Migration Institute (INM)...
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Earliest evidence of Maya calendar found inside Guatemalan pyramid
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A glyph representing a day called "7 Deer" on mural fragments dating from the...
Read moreVenezuelans lead growing number of migrants crossing Panama’s dangerous Darien
By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) - The number of migrants crossing the treacherous Darien Gap linking Colombia and Panama...
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Guatemala expects more migration after U.S. expulsion policy ends
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's government expects the number of Guatemalans seeking to migrate to rise after...
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Migrants stuck in Mexico hopeful U.S. will lift COVID-era expulsion policy at border
By Laura Gottesdiener and Lizbeth Diaz REYNOSA, Mexico (Reuters) -News the United States is poised to end a pandemic-related border...
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Biden says decision coming soon on COVID curbs at border
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday a decision will come soon on whether to lift Title...
Read moreGuatemalan court jails eight for murder of soldiers
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A Guatemalan court sentenced eight people on Tuesday to long prison sentences for the 2019 murder...
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Violence to spur more migration from Mexico, Central America -Red Cross
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Waves of migration through Mexico and Central America, and people who go missing...
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Guatemala’s Supreme Court suspends senior anti-corruption judge
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's Supreme Court of Justice said on Tuesday it has suspended Judge Pablo...
Read moreGuatemala detains dozens of migrants, mostly Cubans, in boats heading to U.S.
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala's migration institute said on Tuesday it found two boats transporting 50 Cuban migrants and two...
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A top Guatemalan judge resigns in blow to anti-corruption movement
By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - One of Guatemala's top judges, a key figure in the fight against corruption,...
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Guatemala receives first arrivals of Ukrainians fleeing conflict
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemala on Friday received its first arrivals of Ukrainian families fleeing their homeland since Russia's invasion...
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