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Migrant advocates call for rights-based approach ahead of Vice President Harris’ visit to Guatemala and Mexico.

GUATEMALA-COURT/:Guatemala's top court backs controversial NGO law, overturns past ruling

By Sofia Menchu GUATEMALA CITY, May 12 (Reuters) - Guatemala's Constitutional Court on Wednesday overturned an earlier ruling that stopped controversial legislation targeting non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from becoming law, in a move likely to alarm rights groups and the United States. Guatemala has been on a collision course with Washington in recent months over the make-up of its highest court, after lawmakers blocked the re-appointment of a key magistrate seen by the United States as being untainted by corruption. In one of its first major rulings, the court said it had struck down...

US deportation flights to Guatemala resume June 10, 2020 GMT GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The United States resumed deportation flights to Guatemala Tuesday, nearly a month after the Central American country refused to accept them. A flight from Alexandria, Louisiana landed in the Guatemalan capital Tuesday afternoon. The plane carried 40 adults and 10 children. At least 186 Guatemalan deportees had tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in the country even after U.S. assurances that they were healthy. The flights scheduled for Tuesday and Thursday this week will carry fewer deportees, about...

19 Apr 2021 President Joe Biden’s spokeswoman has conceded that Central American countries have not made “commitments” to stem the northward migration, despite her April 12 claims. Spokeswoman Jen Psaki and Special Assistant to the President for Immigration for the Domestic Policy Council,Tyler Moran first claimed April 12 to have won “commitments” from Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala to deploy more border guards to stem the U.S.-bound migrant flows within their territories. That same day, Breitbart News learned from comments buried in a report by the Associated Press (AP) that Hond...