Republic of GuatemalaRepública de Guatemala CAPITAL: Guatemala City FLAG: The national flag consists of a white vertical stripe between two blue vertical stripes with the coat of arms centered in the white band. ANTHEM: Himno Nacional, beginning...

The most populous country in Central America, Guatemala is located in the northern part of the Central American region. Its land mass encompasses 42,042 square miles (108,889 square kilometers), bordered by Mexico to the north and west, El Salvador...

Guatemala POPULATION 13,314,079 ROMAN CATHOLIC 51 percent MAYA SPIRITUALITY 24 percent EVANGELICAL 24 percent OTHER 1 percent Country Overview Introduction The Republic of Guatemala, bordered to the west by the Pacific Ocean (between Mexico and El...

Guatemala Guatemala is Central America's most populous nation, with one 2002 study having estimated 12 million inhabitants in a territory of 108,890 square kilometers (42,000 square miles). Nearly 2.5 million people live in the capital,...

The Republic of Guatemala (Spanish: República de Guatemala, IPA: [re'puβlika ðe ɣwate'mala]), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the northwest, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize and the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, and...

Guatemala has ratified an international adoption treaty, committing to bring adoptions under government regulation and make sure babies are not bought or stolen.Guatemalan law currently allows notaries to act as baby brokers who recruit birth mothers, handle paperwork and complete foreign adoptions in less than...

A tough-on-crime former general and a businessman who wants to solve Guatemala's problems by fighting poverty will meet in a Nov. 4 presidential runoff, according to results Monday from a first round of elections.Alvaro Colom, a businessman making his third run for the presidency, had...

Two candidates from Nobel Laureate and presidential hopeful Rigoberta Menchu's political party were shot dead Wednesday amid a wave of campaign-related violence that has claimed about 50 lives.Wenceslao Ayapan, 35, and Esmeralda Uyun, 26, of the Encuentro Por Guatemala Party were killed by assailants with...

An American religious leader who calls himself the "Antichrist" canceled a visit to Guatemala after the Central American country barred him as a security risk, saying he provokes conflict with Roman Catholics and evangelicals.Puerto-Rican born Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda wears the number 666 tattooed...