After fighting in court since 1995, Rody Alvarado Peña's path to political asylum was finally cleared by the Department of Homeland security, which declared she is "eligible for asylum and merits a grant of asylum as a matter of. . . READ FULL STORY

A recent investigation by the Guatemalan Peace Archive came to the stunning conclusion that the country's Army stole at least 333 babies and sold them into adoption during the nation's 35-year civil war. In some cases, parents were killed so that. . . READ FULL STORY

"If you are watching this message, it is because I was assassinated by President Alvaro Colom with help from Gustavo Alejos." Those were Guatemalan lawyer Rodrigo Rosenberg's last public words on a video he recorded indicating that if he. . . READ FULL STORY

Guatemalan president Alvaro Colom has been hit with allegations that he ordered and then covered up the murder of Rodrigo Rosenberg, 47, a Guatemalan lawyer who has shocked the country with a posthumous video implicating the president in his. . . READ FULL STORY

Mexican gunmen from the Gulf’s drug cartel, Los Zetas, have threatened to assassinate Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom. The National Civilian Police received the threat on Saturday that Los Zetas would assassinate the president later that day.. . . READ FULL STORY