Ex-dictator's backers rally at Guatemala prison
7 days ago
Several dozen people protested on Sunday outside a Guatemala prison against the genocide conviction for former dictator Efrain Rios Montt.
Prison for ex-dictator soothes Guatemala
8 days ago
It was a steep fall for the now-86-year-old former strongman who ruled Guatemala from March 1982 to August 1983, during the height of a brutal civil war that killed 200,000 people, mainly Indians.
Guatemala court gives 80-year term to ex-dictator Rios Montt
9 days ago
"The minority, one of the smaller of the 20 or so Mayan groups living in Guatemala, dwell in a mountainous region known as the Ixil Triangle several hours from Guatemala City, the capital.
Developments in Guatemala trial of Rios Montt
9 days ago
Developments in Guatemala trial of Rios Montt
Ex-dictator convicted of genocide in Guatemala
9 days ago
Prosecutors said Rios Montt must have had knowledge of the massacres of Mayan Indians when he ruled Guatemala from March 1982 to August 1983 at the height of the country's 36-year civil war.
Honduras and Guatemala join Petrocaribe program
14 days ago
Venezuela's president says Honduras and Guatemala have been included in the Petrocaribe program, under which his country provides oil and natural gas on preferential terms.
8 bodies found in Guatemala clandestine grave
17 days ago
Guatemala's Forensic Anthropology Foundation director Jose Suasnavar says the excavation in the village of Laguna Burra was conducted at the request of an organization called Oxlajuj Ajpop.
Ex-Guatemala strongman on trial after 30 years
62 days ago
Ex-Guatemala strongman on trial after 30 years
Guatemala judge denies ex-dictator's amnesty claim
67 days ago
A court has denied an amnesty for a former U.S.-backed dictator who presided over one of the bloodiest periods of Guatemala's civil war, allowing his trial to continue.
Guatemala capt. convicted in bishop death arrested
92 days ago
The activist clergyman had released a report accusing Guatemala's military of being responsible for the vast majority of deaths during the country's brutal 36-year civil war.
