Two Prosecutors’ Offices have opened three investigations into the political party that led Jimmy Morales to the presidency in 2015...
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Photo: Concepción Ramírez, the woman on the 25-cent coin. By Natali Kepes Cárdenas, Founder and Director, REACH On Guatemala’s 25-cent..
By Diana Pastor and Antonio Hernández Something has gone very wrong in a country whose children flee in search of..
In 2014, 71,000 pregnancies were registered in girls 10-19 years old. Photo: Girl at the kite festival of Sumpango, Sacatepéquez...
By Matthew Burnett-Stuart For over a decade, 13 communities of the La Blanca municipality in Guatemala’s Pacific Coast have been..
The World Bank rated Guatemala last in the world in public spending and government revenues and near the bottom in..
By Keren Escobar It’s said that when war breaks out you hear a child’s crying and when it ends you..
Some countries decide not to fund social programs or social investments so they don’t accumulate too much debt. But Guatemala..
Rates of poverty and extreme poverty in Guatemala have both been increasing, while the rates of most other countries in the..
Why is Guatemala’s extremely low spending on public programs and social investment a problem? In short, it increases poverty and..
