Guatemala
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Guatemala City: 55 passengers killed, several others injured after bus plunges into gorge
World | Feb 11, 2025, 07:17 AM ISTGuatemala City: The ariel view of the accident site showed that rescue officials rushed to the spot and took the victims to the hospital. The government consoled the deaths in the accident.
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100 believed buried as Hurricane Eta triggers massive landslide in Guatemala
World | Nov 07, 2020, 09:37 AM ISTGuatemalan search brigades pulled the first bodies Friday from a massive rain-fueled landslide where at least 100 people are believed to be entombed, as the remains of Hurricane Eta moved across Caribbean waters, strengthening en route to Cuba.
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TVS Motor sets up first flagship outlet in Guatemala
Business | Nov 29, 2019, 03:54 PM ISTOn the opening of the new outlet, CADISA senior director Lic. Jorge Siekavizza was quoted as saying: "We at CADISA are happy to commence this partnership with the inauguration of flagship showroom in Gautemala city. We will follow this with two more flagship stores and support with end-to-end service, spare and support."
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Chaos erupt as US-bound migrant caravan break Guatemala border fence, clashes with Mexico police
World | Oct 20, 2018, 11:47 AM ISTOn the Mexican side of a border bridge, they were met by a phalanx of police with riot shields.
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Guatemala volcano: Italy donates two lakh euros to help disaster victims
World | Jun 22, 2018, 10:48 AM ISTThe donation is in response to an appeal launched by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
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Guatemala volcano eruption toll reaches 114
World | Jun 12, 2018, 04:28 PM ISTUsing picks and other tools, along with some heavy machinery, recovery brigades found the four bodies in the ruins of the village and under the tonnes of volcanic material.
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Guatemala: Forensic experts face daunting task of identifying volcano victims
World | Jun 09, 2018, 12:25 PM ISTEven as search and recovery efforts were suspended for a second day amid dangerous new volcanic flows and dwindling hopes of finding survivors, about 15 forensic experts worked at a makeshift morgue in a warehouse in the southern city of Escuintla.
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Guatemala town destroyed by volcano thought it was safe; death toll reaches 109, over 200 missing
World | Jun 08, 2018, 01:51 PM ISTAt least 109 people were killed and nearly 200 remain missing, according to the most recent official toll.
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Guatemala volcanic eruption: Death toll rises to 99
World | Jun 07, 2018, 06:36 AM ISTCONRED said that volcanic material was descending the south side of the Volcano of Fire.
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‘Nobody is left’: Guatemala volcano wipes out entire families
World | Jun 06, 2018, 01:30 PM ISTThe fiery volcanic eruption on Sunday in south-central Guatemala killed scores as rescuers struggled to reach people where homes and roads were charred and blanketed with ash.
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Guatemala: Volcanic material descends south side of Volcano of Fire
India | Jun 06, 2018, 07:30 AM ISTOn Tuesday, rescuers pulled survivours and bodies from the charred aftermath of the powerful eruption of Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire, as the death toll rose to 65 on Monday and was expected to go higher from a disaster that caught residents of remote mountain hamlets off guard, with little or no time to flee to safety.
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Guatemala volcano death toll reaches 65, expected to rise
World | Jun 05, 2018, 08:43 AM ISTIn the afternoon, Fanuel Garcia, director of the National Institute of Forensic Sciences, said 62 bodies had been recovered and 13 of those had been identified. Guatemala’s national disaster agency later raised the toll to 65.
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Guatemala volcanic eruption kills 25, authorities fear higher death toll
World | Jun 04, 2018, 12:36 PM ISTThe Volcan de Fuego, or “Volcano of Fire,” exploded in a hail of ash and molten rock shortly before noon, blanketing nearby villages in heavy ash. Lava began flowing down the mountain’s flank and across homes and roads around 4 p.m.
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Guatemala says it is moving embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, first country to follow Trump lead
World | Dec 26, 2017, 01:21 PM ISTGuatemala was one of nine nations that voted with the United States and Israel on Thursday when the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted a non-binding resolution denouncing Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital.
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Strong earthquakes rattle Central America
World | Dec 07, 2014, 08:30 AM ISTPanama City: The Central American countries of Panama, Costa Rica and Guatemala were rattled by powerful earthquakes on Saturday, though no casualties, nor any serious material damage were reported.A magnitude-6.4 quake hit the western part
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Quake kills two, 32 injured in Guatemala
World | Jul 08, 2014, 07:49 AM ISTGuatemala City: A powerful quake measuring 6.9 on the Richter scale hit Guatemala on Monday, leaving at least two people, including an infant, killed and 32 injured, President Otto Perez Molina confirmed.According to the US
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Atleast 34 dead in Guatemala bus crash
World | Sep 09, 2013, 11:27 PM ISTGuatemala City: A bus plunged into a deep river canyon in northwest Guatemala on Monday and at least 34 people were killed, a rescue worker said.Mario Cruz, the spokesman for the volunteer fire department in
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Donovan scores twice, US beats Guatemala 6-0
Football | Jul 06, 2013, 12:01 PM ISTSan diego, Jul 6: Landon Donovan scored two goals to lead the United States past Guatemala 6-0 in a friendly on Friday, his first match with the national team in nearly a year.Donovan scored his
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6.2-magnitude quake hits Guatemala
World | Mar 26, 2013, 12:50 PM ISTNew York, March 26: An earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter scale jolted Guatemala, the US Geological Survey said.The epicentre of the Monday quake, with a depth of 200.50 km, was initially determined to be
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McAfee for asylum in Guatemala
World | Dec 05, 2012, 11:28 PM ISTGuatemala City, Dec 5: Software company founder John McAfee surfaced in public for the first time in weeks, saying on Tuesday he plans to ask for asylum in Guatemala because he fears persecution in Belize.Mr.