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Ancient altar found in Guatemala reveals Mayan 'Game of Thrones' dynasty
A 1,500-year-old Maya altar discovered in a small archeological site in northern Guatemala is drawing comparisons to the popular fantasy television series "Game of Thrones" for its descriptions of the Kaanul dynasty's political strategies aimed at bringing entire cities under its control. The altar, carved ...
Paraguay announced Wednesday it would immediately move its embassy in Israel out of Jerusalem and back to Tel Aviv, less than four months after opening the new mission. The move presents an embarrassing diplomatic setback for Israel, which had hoped to build on the momentum ...
Scores of civil defense and rescue workers scrambled Monday to try to find any unlikely survivors of the Fuego volcano's deadly eruption more than a week on. In San Miguel Los Lotes, a mountain farming village, rescuers rushed to check for any ashes of the ...
For kin of Guatemala volcano victims, the wait to find and ID dead kin agonizing
At an improvised morgue in the Guatemalan town of Escuintla, dozens of people stand around in an anguished daze, clutching photos of their loved ones, hoping to recover their bodies for burial. This small town, some 35 km (20 miles) southwest of Guatemala City, was ...
A communication breakdown between a disaster agency and volcanologists in Guatemala delayed evacuations as gas and ash clouds cascaded down the Volcano of Fire last Sunday in its most violent eruption in four decades, authorities have admitted. Compounding the situation, rain and clouds hid signs ...
Rescuers comb smoldering ash in search for 200 missing near Guatemala volcano as death toll hits 85
Rescuers scoured a lava and ash ravaged landscape in Guatemala for a third straight day on Wednesday in search of survivors and victims of Fuego volcano's calamitous eruption, which has left an estimated 85 people dead and some 200 missing. Volcan de Fuego, which means ...
'Nobody is left': Guatemala volcano ravaged entire families as death toll expected to surge
Lilian Hernandez wept as she spoke the names of aunts, uncles, cousins, her grandmother and two great-grandchildren — 36 family members in all — missing and presumed dead in the explosion of Guatemala's Volcano of Fire. "My cousins Ingrid, Yomira, Paola, Jennifer, Michael, Andrea and ...
Ash-coated corpses like statues as Guatemala volcano death toll hits at least 69
Rescuers pulled survivors and bodies from the charred aftermath of the powerful eruption of Guatemala's Volcan de Fuego, or "Volcano of Fire," as the death toll rose to at least 69 on Monday and was expected to go higher from a disaster that ...
Guatemala volcanic eruption kills at least 25 and sends lava into homes
A fiery volcanic eruption in Guatemala sent lava flowing into rural communities, killing at least 25 as rescuers struggled to reach people where homes and roads were charred and blanketed with ash. The death toll rose late Sunday with 18 bodies found in the community ...
Experts discover hidden ancient Maya structures in Guatemala
Experts using an aerial high-tech laser scanner have discovered thousands of ancient Maya structures hidden under the thick jungle of northern Guatemala, officials said Thursday. Some 60,000 structures were found over the past two years in a scan of a region in the northern department ...
Authorities in Guatemala issued an orange alert Thursday over an erupting volcano located a short distance from its capital. Increased activity in the Volcan de Fuego ("Fire Volcano") overnight Wednesday saw ash tower 1.7 km (1 mile) into the sky and lava flow up to ...
Alberto Fujimori pardon: Another blow to tackling impunity in Latin America?
Is frail health a get-out-of-jail card for Latin America's imprisoned dictators and autocrats? Rights groups fear that the pardon granted to Peru's former president Alberto Fujimori is just the latest blow to combating impunity for ex-leaders guilty of crimes. They point to a series of scenes ...
