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Two Guatemalans could be among victims of Mexico border collision

1 Min Read GUATEMALA CITY, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Guatemala’s health minister Amelia Flores said on Tuesday that Guatemala hopes to receive the first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in the coming weeks. “They already have the emergency registration to be able to enter the country and we are only waiting for the date, which we believe will be in a few weeks,” Flores said while leaving a meeting at Congress on Tuesday. Guatemala had expected to receive its first sh...

Guatemala's health minister Amelia Flores said on Tuesday that Guatemala hopes to receive the first batch of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in the coming weeks.

By Reuters Staff (Adds Guatemala vaccination priorities) GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 30 (Reuters) - President Alejandro Giammattei said on Saturday that Guatemala expects to receive its initial COVID-19 vaccines from mid-February onward via the COVAX program backed by the World Health Organization (WHO). In a public broadcast, Giammattei said he had received word from the health ministry that between mid and late February Guatemala would be receiving the first 800,000 doses of vaccine. Co-led by the Ga...

The killings in Mexico of 14 Guatemalan migrants, suspected to have been murdered by police, may amount to a "state crime", a senior Guatemalan opposition politician said on Thursday.

By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Dozens of people are possibly buried in their homes in central Guatemala, local officials said on Thursday, after torrential rains unleashed by former Hurricane Eta inundated large swathes of Central America over the past couple of days. Guatemala’s disaster relief agency Conred said in a statement that 15 homes in the town of San Cristobal Verapaz, located about 120 miles (193 km) north of Guatemala City, have “probably” been covered...

The U.S. government has ended a controversial deal with Guatemala that sent asylum-seekers processed at the U.S.-Mexico border to the Central American country to await hearings, Guatemala's foreign ministry said in a statement on Friday.

Guatemala on Wednesday requested that the United States allow Guatemalans in the country to remain on humanitarian grounds following the devastation caused by storm Eta last week.

GUATEMALA CITY — President Alejandro Giammattei said on Saturday that Guatemala expects to receive its initial COVID-19 vaccines from mid-February onward via…

By Reuters Staff (Adds Guatemala vaccination priorities) GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 30 (Reuters) - President Alejandro Giammattei said on Saturday that Guatemala expects to receive its initial COVID-19 vaccines from mid-February onward via the COVAX program backed by the World Health Organization (WHO). In a public broadcast, Giammattei said he had received word from the health ministry that between mid and late February Guatemala would be receiving the first 800,000 doses of vaccine. Co-led by the Ga...