Guatemala

Horror has always been political. In Jayro Bustamante’s “La Llorona,” the long shadow of genocide haunts the house.

Homeland Security rented vans to illegally hustle migrants to the border—in a foreign country.

Latin American governments have a chance to model a better version of the inspector general, with even greater autonomy, to address graft in the public health sector.

Essential reads from the Arctic Circle to Xinjiang.

The Trump administration is relying on the country to curb migration. That won’t happen.

Looking for help on immigration, the Trump administration is silent in the face of Guatemala’s effort to seal its dirty war archive.

Forcing migrants to claim asylum in Guatemala will further destabilize that country and harm migrants.

The administration’s push to weaken oversight of gun exports could worsen the Central American refugee crisis.

U.S. Republicans are weakening a U.N. anti-corruption investigation into President Jimmy Morales. What are they getting in exchange?

The continuing crackdown on a corruption investigatory body could allow impunity to flourish ahead of this year’s elections.

Violence isn’t the only reason migrants are fleeing Central America. A four-year drought has destroyed harvests and lives—and has pushed the hungry northward.

The United States must foster free trade and economic growth in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, or the vicious cycle of violence will persist.

Indigenous rights activists are increasingly being murdered with impunity.

As the drug trade takes over Central America, drug barons have found an increasingly reliable option for laundering their cash: cows.