Guatemala’s civil war began with a Cold War coup backed by foreign interests. Reform was crushed in the name of anti-communism. Political repression followed almost immediately. Violence spread across ...

Guatemala's balancing act: Navigating US relations in a chaotic world - Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo says his administration has maintained a good relationship with the United States built on ...

Donald Trump’s open push for Venezuelan oil echoes a forgotten chapter of US history — when American intervention in Guatemala was driven by banana interests.

WASHINGTON - It was a time when Cold War concerns transcended all others. So when Guatemala's reformist president, Jacobo Arbenz, appointed communists to several posts in 1951, the alarm bells sounded ...

GUATEMALA CITY — The CIA-directed overthrow of President Jacobo Arbenz happened 50 years ago Thursday, yet Guatemalans are still at odds over whether it prevented the Central American country from ...