Central America
Guatemalan dishes served in culinary event in Ankara
The embassy of the Republic of Guatemala and Bilkent University have organized a gastronomic event in the capital Ankara as part of the 200th anniversary of the country's independence and the 147th anniversary of the establishment of ties between Guatemala and Turkey.
Conservative Giammattei wins Guatemala elections
Conservative Alejandro Giammattei has blazed a long, strange path to Guatemala's presidency, which he won on his fourth try.
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Guatemala's president quits, jailed pending hearing on corruption charges
Guatemala's Otto Perez resigned as president and was jailed on Sept. 3 while a judge weighs charging him in a corruption scandal that gutted his government and plunged the country into a political crisis days before a presidential election.
Guatemala president ordered detained in corruption probe
A Guatemalan judge has issued an unprecedented order to detain President Otto Perez Molina in a fraud scandal that has engulfed his government, becoming the most serious blow so far against entrenched political corruption in the Central American country.