Canada Put Up $200 Million So Latin America Can Borrow $1 Billion
Canada's $200m IDB guarantee is expected to unlock $1bn in regional lending. But the Canada IDB guarantee money never touches...
July 10, 2026Section
Guatemala
Record Money From Migrants Now Meets a New American Tax
Central America remittances topped $15.85 billion from January to April 2026, up 10.7 percent, just as a new one percent...
July 6, 2026
Guatemala’s US Trade Deal Hangs on a July Tariff Deadline
The Guatemala trade deal signed Jan. 30 activates when a 150-day 10% tariff expires July 24—but a new forced-labour duty...
July 1, 2026
Guatemala Buries 68 War Victims, 44 Years On
Guatemala reburied sixty-eight victims of its civil war, mostly Maya civilians killed in 1982, as a new government promises reparations...
June 30, 2026
Peru and Guatemala Switch On a Free-Trade Deal 14 Years in the Making
A free-trade deal between Peru and Guatemala takes effect July 1, fourteen years after it was signed, cutting tariffs on...
June 29, 2026 Guatemala Ports Law Stalls as Quetzal Congestion Bites
Guatemala ports reform cleared 118-124 votes but 28 amendments froze progress. Puerto Quetzal has 23 ships waiting as 9.2M tonnes...
June 25, 2026
A Month-Long Arts Festival Fills Guatemala’s National Theatre
A Guatemala festival has turned June into a month of arts, with 61 productions filling the national theatre in a...
June 13, 2026
Latin America Growth Now the Slowest in the World, Says World Bank
World Bank sees Latin America growth at just 2.2% in 2026, the weakest of any region, as a Middle East...
June 12, 2026
Guatemala Edges Toward Its First-Ever Investment-Grade Rating
Central America's largest economy has never held an investment-grade credit rating. After a string of upgrades, it now sits a...
June 3, 2026