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Friday 23 October 2020
The teen has been identified by US Customs and Border Protection as Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez.
Lev Tahor, based in Guatemala, practices a form of ultra-Orthodox Judaism.
The Washington Post reports the girl died of dehydration and shock more than eight hours after she was arrested.
The 3,763-metre volcano is one of the most active in Central America.
Some migrants yelled “We are hungry!” while others wailed that they had children.
Jim Loughran shares some of his experiences visiting human rights defenders in some of the most dangerous places for them on the planet.
Strict new coronavirus measures have come into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
More than 12,000 people have been evacuated from their homes.
Authorities said more than 1.7 million people had been affected by the disaster.
Search efforts for those who are missing were suspended last night due to dangerous conditions.
More than 300 Central American men, women and children were taken into custody as part of the operation.
The blaze was believed to have been set by girls protesting dire conditions they were subjected to at the shelter.
Distraught relatives are waiting outside a fence into the facility asking workers to tell them what happened to them.
Eoin suffered serious injuries in a fall.
A priest announced the promotion of the beloved statue, which once held a colonel’s rank in the mid 1800s.
Jimmy Morales has no political experience but was elected on a wave of anti-corruption sentiment in the central American country.
The incident happened yesterday near the Guatemalan capital city.
Their remains showed signs of torture, authorities in Guatemala said.
Civil war tore Guatemala apart for over 30 years – and even these reunited siblings are still missing a brother and two sisters.
The train was carrying people from Honduras and Guatemala, who are believed to have paid smugglers to let them sit on freight cars.
Efrain Rios Montt was convicted of genocide and war crimes in a ruling arising from massacres of indigenous people in the 1980s.
The anti-virus guru was arrested for entering Guatemala illegally.
McAfee, 67, has been identified as a “person of interest” in the killing of his neighbour in Belize.
Nine things to know this fine Thursday morning.
The Irish team’s group rivals, Germany, are in action, as they take on Argentina.
Different countries celebrate Easter in different ways – from easter trees to dancing around eggs, we take a look at some of the unusual and interesting traditions.
The 54-year-old was a former member of an elite military force involved in the killing of 201 people in a 1982 massacre during Guatemala’s civil war.
The Guatemalan president wants to discuss legalising drugs, believing it’s the only way to control them. Should Ireland follow suit?
The new president of the country took office in January and has been speaking out about discussing the decriminalisation of drugs in Central America.
El Salvador and Nicaragua declared natural disasters yesterday, as landslides and floods continue to devastate the region.
The experiments took place in the 1940s and included people being injected with syphilis and other illnesses, by what were described as “unethical” researchers.
They’re supposed to be fighting against the drug traffickers but some soldiers are joining them instead.
Two men suspected of being involved in a 1982 massacre of 268 people in Guatemala have been detained.
Maria Teresa Alvarez and Maria de Jesus Quiej-Alvarez were separated in 2002.
This is the week that was, in pictures.
This is the week that was, in pictures.
Two children and two women were among the dead who were mostly farm workers according to reports. One person survived by pretending he was dead. The massacre has been linked to drug cartels.
Nine things you need to know by 9am: IMF chief to appear in court later today to face attempted rape charges; Michael Noonan travels to Brussels for finance summit; and 27 people die in gruesome Guatemala attack.
This is the week that was, in pictures.
Guatemalan law bans the current president’s family from trying to succeed him – so the Coloms are getting a divorce.
AS THE COUNTRY enters Level 5 restrictions for the next six weeks, we’ll all be finding different ways to occupy our time or take a break from work.
In April and May, many people put their trainers on and went for long walks, jogs or runs. Others took a dip in the sea.
With restrictions now in place, we want to know: Do you plan to exercise more over the next six weeks?
Poll Results:
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