Potonico, El Salvador: A blanket of multi-colored plastic waste flowing in from tributaries covers Lake Suchitlan in El Salvador. It is a sorry scene that has also become an all too common sight on the Caribbean beaches of Honduras, where thousands of tons of rubbish arrive from neighboring Guatemala. Fizzy drink bottles, medication packets, tattered […]
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Guatemala president calls off US meeting with Trump
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales, who is under pressure at home not to seal a migration deal with the United States, on Sunday called off White House talks with Donald Trump with just a day to spare, his office announced. The meeting scheduled for Monday in Washington has been pushed back over “speculation” about the signing […]
Guatemalan volcano erupts, taking six lives
Photo: AFP At least six people were killed when Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted Sunday, belching ash and rock and forcing the airport to close. The strong eruption was the second major one this year. The dead were from farming communities just south of the volcano who were trapped by hot lava flow, National Disaster Relief […]
Israel PM says Guatemala embassy move ‘just the start
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday hailed Guatemala’s decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem, saying other nations would also follow Washington’s recognition of the city as Israel’s capital. “Other countries will recognise Jerusalem and announce the relocation of their embassies. A second country did it and I repeat it: there will be others, […]
Palestinians call Guatemala’s Jerusalem embassy move ‘shameful’
The Palestinian foreign ministry on Monday slammed as “shameful” Guatemala’s decision to transfer its embassy to Jerusalem after the United States recognised the city as the capital of Israel. “It’s a shameful and illegal act that goes totally against the wishes of church leaders in Jerusalem” and violates a non-binding UN General Assembly resolution condemning […]