Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala Sign Historic Gran Selva Maya Biocultural Corridor Declaration

4 On August 15, 2025, the governments of Mexico, Belize, and Guatemala signed the Declaration of Calakmul, officially launching the Gran Selva Maya Biocultural Corridor—an unprecedented trinational conservation initiative. The signing ceremony...

Belize Holds Bilateral With Guatemala's Minister Of Finance

Belize, Mexico and Guatemala Sign Landmark Maya Forest Protection Pact

As we have been reporting last week, there was a major diplomatic gathering, Prime Minister John Briceño met with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo in Calakmul, Mexico. Friday’s high-level trilateral...

Plan to extend Maya Train to Guatemala is full steam ahead after bilateral talks in Calakmul

Mexico and Guatemala have confirmed their intention to extend the Maya Train to Guatemala following a series of talks between Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and her Guatemalan counterpart Bernardo Arévalo. According to both leaders, the train...

52-year-old Guatemalan father killed on Los Angeles freeway fleeing ICE raid at Home Depot

Roberto Carlos Montoya ValdezRoberto Carlos Montoya Valdez, a 52-year-old father from Guatemala, was fatally struck by an SUV on the 210 Freeway Thursday morning while fleeing an ICE raid at the Home Depot in Monrovia, California, where agents...

Volunteer lineworkers from TN bring light to 2 remote Guatemalan villages

Powering lives, building bonds in Guatemala When Donny Thomas closed the switch to energize the line in a small Guatemalan village, the 20-year lineworker felt the same thrill he remembered from his first job. But this time, the simple act brought...

Proyecto de Guatemala, México y Belice sobre selva Maya busca beneficiar a 2 millones de personas

CIUDAD DE GUATEMALA — El proyecto que suscribieron Guatemala, México y Belice sobre el Corredor biocultural de la Gran Selva Maya va a beneficiar a unos dos millones de habitantes que podrán gozar de un vasto sistema de agua dulce en la segunda...

Mexico, Belize and Guatemala create a trinational culture and nature corridor

Mexico, Guatemala and Belize have created an international area called the Great Maya Forest Biocultural Corridor, dedicated to protecting and preserving the biodiversity and cultural heritage of the region. The corridor is the result of a...

I Used to Think Adoption Was a Win-Win-Win Scenario. Here’s What Changed My Mind.

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Adoption, the broad cultural consensus holds, is a beautiful win-win-win. People who desperately want to have children...

What Is a Sanctuary City? How Denver's Federal Designation Works.

What is a sanctuary city, and how did Denver become one? President Donald Trump's first administration included Denver on a list of "sanctuary jurisdictions" in 2017, but Denver's federal status as a "sanctuary jurisdiction" is now putting...

Guatemalan prison guards held hostage by rioting inmates freed after 3 days

August 16, 2025 / 6:19 PM EDT / CBS/AP Guatemalan authorities on Saturday freed nine prison guards who had been held hostage since Thursday by rioting inmates in Guatemala City, an official said. Members of Guatemala's two largest gangs — Barrio...

Guatemalan prison guards freed after being held hostage by gang members

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities on Saturday freed nine prison guards who had been held hostage since Thursday by rioting inmates in Guatemala City, an official said. Members of Guatemala’s two largest gangs — Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha...

Full list of 72 'do not travel' countries as Foreign Office warns UK tourists

The Foreign Office has put a series of countries on a "do not travel" list in advance of the summer holiday season. Out of 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advice pages, 72 are presently marked as having no-go areas owing to...

Prime Minister Briceño to meet with Mexican & Guatemalan presidents

Mexico President Claudia Scheinbum By William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Wed. Aug. 13, 2025 Belize’s prime minister and Guatemala’s president are to have joint talks with Mexico’s president, Claudia Scheinbaum, at the World Heritage...

Over the Weekend ICE Arrests More Worst of the Worst Including a Criminal Illegal Alien from Cuba with 23 Criminal Convictions

Additional ICE arrests this weekend included criminal illegal aliens with convictions for child sex crimes, trafficking cocaine, and soliciting prostitution WASHINGTON – While Americans were enjoying their weekends, U.S. Immigration and Customs...

Thousands of Guatemalans deported from US with nothing more than the contents of a white plastic sack

“Maybe you have left your family in the US but the same god who is here in Guatemala is there in the US,” says a local church volunteer at La Aurora Air Force Base in Guatemala city. The volunteer is leading more than 90 Guatemalans in prayer....

Guatemalan man sentenced for delivering methamphetamine near Saratoga Race Course

John A. Sarcone III, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York | Department of JusticeJohn A. Sarcone III, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York | Department of Justice Nelson Moran, a 31-year-old citizen of Guatemala, has...

Guatemalan national released without bail after being arrested for THC-laced gummies that sent 12 NY middle schoolers to hospital

The gummies were traced to an Instagram account that investigators linked to Castillo Garcia. A Guatemalan foreign national charged in connection with a case over THC-infused gummies that sent 12 Long Island middle schoolers to the hospital in...

Mayora & Mayora promotes five to partner in Central America 

Suzel Obiols, Carlos Ortega and Byron Deulofeu Central American firm Mayora & Mayora has substantially expanded its partnership by promoting five associates to partner in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Subscribe to unlock unlimited access...

World CBS News Guatemalan prison guards held hostage by rioting inmates freed after 3 days

Guatemalan authorities on Saturday freed nine prison guards who had been held hostage since Thursday by rioting inmates in Guatemala City, an official said. Members of Guatemala's two largest gangs — Barrio 18 and Mara Salvatrucha — began rioting...