Indian mission hosts global diplomats in Guatemala, highlights partnership vision

Indian mission hosts global diplomats in Guatemala, highlights partnership vision Guatemala City: Highlighting New Delhi’s resolve to foster friendship and collective development with global partners, Indian Ambassador to Guatemala Raj Kumar Singh...

Tala reaches 4 million customers in the Philippines, continues strategic expansion and tech innovation globally

Tala marked a new phase of growth with the announcement of its expansion in Latin America that started with the launch of its services in Guatemala. Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, it continues to serve the global majority, or the...

Guatemala Extradites Man Responsible for Deaths of Over 50 Migrants to the U.S.

Guatemalan man detained by police. Photo: La Hora. October 23, 2025 Hour: 3:00 pm On Thursday, Guatemala extradited Daniel Zavala to the United States. He is accused of human trafficking and is linked to an accident in Chiapas, where more than 50...

This Pune Startup Is Banking On Tech To End The ‘Unrecyclable’ Plastic Pandemic

Before getting into the deep layers of physics, biology and chemistry, middle school exhibitions used to be all about “Making The Best Out Of Waste”. From photo frames to wall hangings, as kids we all have put our hands in scrap to make something...

To understand the experience of Guatemalan workers in Los Angeles, we also need to understand the influence of racialization and global capitalism

Los Angeles is home to one of the largest Guatemalan communities outside of Guatemala. Julio Orellana looks at how neoliberal capitalism has led to the displacement of Guatemalans to Los Angeles where they often experience low-paid work and...

Guatemala Elites and Organized Crime

Guatemala’s elites are a mix of businessmen, politicians and security forces who, as these case studies show, regularly interact with organized crime in order to maintain and expand their power base. Investigation Chapters Guatemala is Central...

Guatemala: Dozens of human rights organisations express their solidarity with Ramón Cadena

The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders (OMCT-FIDH) and other human rights organisations and associations in solidarity with Ramón Cadena, lawyer and human rights defender, call for an end to the criminalisation of human...

UN chief defends science, meteorology

UN chief defends science, meteorology GENEVA -- The United Nations chief delivered a strong defense of science and meteorology on Wednesday, praising the U.N. weather agency for helping save lives by keeping watch for climate disasters around the...

Tala reaches 4 million customers in Philippines, continues strategic expansion and tech innovation globally

Philstar.com October 21, 2025 | 2:00pm MANILA, Philippines — Tala marked a new phase of growth with the announcement of its expansion in Latin America that started with the launch of its services in Guatemala. Headquartered in Santa Monica,...

Scientists Discover Rogue Star-Eating Black Hole Far From Home

Welcome back to the Abstract! Here are the studies this week that mounted a defense, felt out of place, found new life, and resurrected the gods of yore. First, a tale of pregnant stinkbugs, parasitic wasps, and fungi weapons that is fit for a...

Is the US going to war with Venezuela?

Rubio at the wheel Rubio is currently steering a hardline policy agenda, supported by Trump's domestic policy adviser Stephen Miller. The Pentagon has already deployed some 10,000 troops to the region, alongside a fleet of warships, aircraft, and...

Harvard Scientist Warns: 3I/ATLAS Is Doing Something Never Seen Before

An interstellar object roughly the size of Manhattan is baffling scientists as it passes through the solar system emitting materials never before observed in nature. Harvard astrophysicist Dr. Avi Loeb told The New York Post that the object known...

Isom Fellows Poster Showcase spotlights faculty research

Twenty-six of the University of Mississippi professors selected as the 2024-26 and 2025-27 Isom Fellows presented their research on topics ranging from snails to Mayan civilization during a poster showcase at the Inn at Ole Miss on Wednesday, Oct....

Guatemalan Interior Ministry Restructured After Prison Break Scandal

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo. X/@elnoticiero_6 October 16, 2025 Hour: 11:18 am On Wednesday, Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo accepted the resignation of Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez, Deputy Interior Minister Claudia Palencia,...

Guatemala minister ousted after gang members' jail break

Guatemala's president on Wednesday ousted his interior minister and two other officials after 20 members of the Barrio 18 gang, designated a "foreign terrorist organization" by the United States, escaped from prison. In a televised address,...

Guatemala Backlash Grows after Escape of Imprisoned Gang Members

The escape of 20 “high-risk” gang members from a prison has sparked a political crisis in Guatemala, with criticism of President Bernardo Arévalo and calls for the resignation of the security minister. Authorities revealed on Sunday that inmates...

The truth behind your clothing’s ‘made in Guatemala’ label

CNN By Stefano Pozzebon. Video by Lali Houghton, Ladan Anoushfar, Estefania Rodriguez, CNN Guatemala City (CNN) — In the bracing morning air, workers leave their homes in the outer suburbs and hurry toward the industrial buildings lining the...

Notre Dame J.S.D. candidates Nicolás Buitrago-Rey and Juan Carlos Gazmuri conduct research on democracy and human rights at the Max Planck Institute

Gazmuri presenting his doctoral research on political parties at the Ibero-American Colloquium at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law Nicolás Buitrago-Rey and Juan Carlos Gazmuri, J.S.D. candidates at Notre...

ICE Keeps Detaining Pregnant Immigrants — But We Don’t Know How Many

Did you know that Truthout is a nonprofit and independently funded by readers like you? If you value what we do, please support our work with a donation. This story was originally published by The 19th. Cary López Alvarado, of Hawthorne,...

Virginia man killed fleeing ICE as he ran out onto busy highway and was hit by vehicle

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