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Guatemala Prosecutor's Office Says Election 'Null And Void'

The Guatemalan prosecutor's office said Friday elections which yielded a victory for anti-graft candidate Bernardo Arevalo were "null and void," prompting a regional grouping to exhort judicial authorities to desist from an "attempted coup d'etat."

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Nancy Ng went missing on a Guatemala yoga retreat. Could one key witness help find her?

Authorities believe Nancy Ng drowned on a kayaking trip. Family members say that theory doesn’t add up. Amelia Neath reports

The Independent UK

Underwater mountain twice height of Burj Khalifa discovered off coast of Guatemala

The giant structure is 5,249ft (1,600m) tall and covers 14 square km

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Guatemalan prosecutors pursue plans to press charges against the president-elect

In Guatemala, prosecutors move against President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, as the slow motion coup he predicted begins to pick up pace.

WEKU

5 tennis players were suspended for match-fixing in a case tied to a Belgian syndicate

Five low-ranked tennis players — four from Mexico and one from Guatemala — have been suspended for corruption linked to a match-fixing syndicate in Belgium

The Independent UK

Nancy Ng went missing on a Guatemala yoga retreat. Could one key witness help find her?

Authorities believe Nancy Ng drowned on a kayaking trip. Family members say that theory doesn’t add up. Amelia Neath reports

The Independent UK

Cartel turf war rages in Mexico's Chiapas as groups fight over territory

People in Mexico’s southernmost state, Chiapas, have for the last year and a half, been living through a conflict between rival criminal groups. The Sinaloa Cartel and the Jalisco Nueva Generacion Cartel are both vying for control of the territory. The state, which borders Guatemala, has long been a hotspot…

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'Coup' by lawfare: Guatemalan president-elect on attempts to keep him from power

Bernardo Arévalo, who won the Guatemalan presidency by a landslide, says what is happening in his country is a "coup in slow motion."

WEKU

‘Doubt is exciting’: cellist Mabe Fratti on chaos, curiosity and climbing volcanoes

An acclaimed new voice in experimental music, the Guatemalan cellist swapped scaling literal and creative peaks for a more exploratory mindset, finding community and fertile collaborations in Mexico City’s improv scene

The Guardian - UK

California woman vanishes while on yoga retreat in Guatemala

Nancy Ng went missing more than two weeks ago - and authorities say witnesses are not cooperating in the search

The Independent UK

Guatemalan electoral authority suspends party of President-elect Arevalo

The electoral body in charge of regulating Guatemala’s political groups, known as the Citizen Registry, announced the suspension Thursday of President-elect Bernardo Arevalo’s Seed Movement party.

France 24

Guatemala Cabinet minister steps down after criticism for not acting forcefully against protesters

The sudden resignation of a Guatemalan cabinet minister appears to signal a division within the administration of President of Alejandro Giammattei over how to remove the protest roadblocks that have stretched into their third week

The Independent UK

In Guatemala, Protests Have Brought Economic Life to a Halt

Few doubt the right of Guatemalans to protest. The challenge arises when protests exact a heavy toll on the well-being of its citizens.

Reason

Joyce Maynard: 'I wouldn't recommend being published when you're a teenager'

Our guest is an acclaimed writer with a career spanning more than fifty years. In that time she's published hundreds of essays as well as twenty books, including the memoir "At Home in the World" – where she spoke of her relationship with "The Catcher in the Rye" author JD…

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Mexico says it has rejected US-funded migrant transit centers

Mexico's president says he rejected a U.S. request to set up migrant transit centers in Mexico

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Guatemalans block highways across the country to protest ongoing election turmoil

Thousands of people have blocked highways across Guatemala in reaction to the attorney general’s office seizing vote tallies from electoral authorities over the weekend as part of ongoing investigations into accusations of voting fraud that observers say are politically motivated

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‌New York Gathering Highlights Guatemalan-Jewish Relationship And Commitment To Religious Freedom‌

Global leaders emphasize interfaith relations on sidelines of the UN General Assembly

The Independent UK

Police scuffle with electoral court justices in Guatemala as prosecutors seek to seize vote tallies

Policemen have shoved and wrestled with justices of Guatemala's top electoral tribunal, as prosecutors sought to seize the tally sheets of votes from the August presidential elections

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On my radar: Oneohtrix Point Never’s cultural highlights

The experimental musician and producer on a mind-blowing Guatemalan cellist, the joys of ‘smear frames’ in old-school animated films and his favourite brand of vegan caviar

The Independent UK

At least 1 person is killed and 18 are missing in a landslide in Guatemala

Heavy rains have set off a landslide in Guatemala’s capital, sweeping several humble homes into a river and leaving a young girl dead

The Independent UK

Guatemalans rally on behalf of president-elect, demonstrating a will to defend democracy

Protests by thousands of Guatemalans this week supporting President-elect Bernardo Arévalo suggest that the efforts by some officials to derail his presidency have awakened a new will among many citizens to defend democracy

The Guardian - UK

US and Brazil warn of attempt to stop Guatemala president-elect taking power

Fears Guatemalan democracy is in peril amid warning of potential coup to block inauguration of anti-corruption crusader

Al Jazeera

Brazil’s Lula warns Guatemala risks a ‘coup’, prompting rebuke at UN

Guatemala’s outgoing president vows to hand over power but condemns foreign meddling at the UN General Debate.

The Independent UK

Supporters of Guatemala's president-elect block highways and roads to protest prosecution

Thousands of farmers and Indigenous supporters have blocked roads and streets in Guatemala to defend the president-elect as government prosecutors seek to ban his political party

The Independent UK

Indigenous supporters march to defend Guatemala's president-elect amid vote fraud allegations

Thousands of indigenous supporters have protested in Guatemala City to defend Guatemala’s president-elect as government prosecutors seek to ban his political party

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