Guatemalans Push President to Resign
Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina resigned and was arrested after thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets to protest peacefully for his impeachment.
Guatemala
Who am I? (November/December 2015)
Can you name this Guatemalan activist?
The Child Migrant Crisis
Since October 2013, more than 63,000 unaccompanied children have arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border, double the number from the same period last year. Many of them have come from Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras to reunite with family in the United States or escape violence in their countries.
Connecting Worlds Through Photojournalism
Photojournalist Donna DeCesare’s newly released bilingual book, Unsettled/Desasosiego: Children in a World of Gangs, uses photography to capture lives caught up in gang violence.
U.S. Medical Experiments in Guatemala Uncovered
From 1946 to 1948, the US government sponsored secret medical experiments on soldiers, people with mental illnesses and prisoners in Guatemala. During the experiment, US government scientists infected almost 700 people in Guatemala with diseases.
