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GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - A search for the remains of indigenous children believed killed in a massacre and buried clandestinely in a former military garrison during the country's civil war in the 1980s was suspended indefinitely due to insecurity, civil organizations said on Thursday.
By Bill Barreto GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Residents of a Mayan community in Guatemala prevented experts on Tuesday from beginning to exhume the remains of more than 100 children believed to have been buried clandestinely in a former military garrison during the country's civil war in the 1980s. The search efforts in the village of Chiul, more than 120 miles (200 km) from Guatemala City, were scheduled to begin early on Tuesday morning but were suspended after residents disrupted the plans without offering an explanation for their opposition. Arnulfo Oxlaj, one of the survivors of the massacre...
Guatemala asks Russia to return money over failure to deliver Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine Reuters 4 hrs ago © Reuters/SHAMIL ZHUMATOV FILE PHOTO: Vaccination against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at a food mall in Moscow GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan Health Minister Amelia Flores said on Tuesday that the government had asked Russia to return money already paid for doses of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine because of non-delivery. The government of President Alejandro Giammattei paid some $80 million in early April for a supply of 8 million doses of the vaccine. So far, it has r...