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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Guatemala City, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 35 stories have been published about Guatemala City which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Guatemala City, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 35 stories have been published about Guatemala City which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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Guatemala City · Guatemala CityMicah Burton and Keyrol Figueroa score as U.S. beats Canada 2-0 in CONCACAF U-17 Championship. The Americans (6-0-0) will play defending champion Mexico (5-1-1) in Sunday's final. The Mexicans blanked Panama 5-0 to advance to the final.
Canada beaten 2-0 by U.S. in CONCACAF Men’s Under-17 semifinal
67% Left coverage: 3 sources
Soccer · Guatemala CityMontagliani was unanimously given another four-year term, through 2027. The Vancouver native also serves as a FIFA vice-president. He was first elected CONCACAF president in 2016, beating out FIFA appeals panel chairman Larry Mussenden 25-16 in a vote at the FIFA Congress.
Canadian Victor Montagliani re-elected as CONCACAF president through 2027
75% Left coverage: 4 sources
Cancer · Guatemala CityÁlvaro Colom was Guatemala’s first leftist president in more than 50 years. He entered office promising to reduce poverty after having worked with civil war refugees. Colom also supported the U.N. anticorruption mission that later investigated him. He was arrested in 2018 in relation to a corruption investigation involving a bus concession.
Álvaro Colom, former president of Guatemala, dies at 71
60% Left coverage: 10 sources
Soccer · Guatemala CityCanada will face the U.S. Friday in a rematch of the 2019 semifinal won 4-0 by the Americans. The four semifinalists at the 20-team CONCACAF tournament advance to the FIFA U-17 World Cup in Peru in November. The world championship was originally slated for 2021 but was postponed because of the pandemic.
Canada downs Puerto Rico to secure qualification for the FIFA U-17 World Cup
75% Center coverage: 4 sources
Guatemala City · Guatemala CityKeyrol Figueroa's 64th-minute goal lifts the U.S. to a 1-0 win over Canada. The Americans (3-0-0) finished atop Group F while the Canadians (2-1-0). Both teams had already secured passage to the round of 16 by virtue of winning their first two pool games.
Americans edge Canada 1-0 to win Group F at CONCACAF Men’s U-17 Championship
75% Left coverage: 4 sources
Business · Guatemala CityThe plant is run by Yazaki North America, Inc. and makes automotive wiring harnesses. The $10 million plant was opened with assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development. The idea is to create jobs for people in the region so they wouldn't have to emigrate.
Japanese company opens first auto parts plant in Guatemala
Coverage: 5 sources
Latin America · Guatemala CityProtesters blocked at least 15 local highways Tuesday. Thelma Cabrera was to have been the presidential candidate for the leftist Peoples Liberation Movement. The dispute arose after Guatemala's electoral tribunal ruled that former human rights official Jord�n Rodas cannot be vice presidential candidate. Rodas allegedly did not have a letter certifying he had no legal cases pending against him.
Guatemalans protest ban on leftist presidential candidate
67% Left coverage: 6 sources
Crime · Guatemala CityA Guatemalan judge ordered the investigation Tuesday of nine journalists from a newspaper whose president, a prominent government critic, has already been jailed on various charges since last year.
Judge orders investigation of Guatemalan journalists
100% Left coverage: 4 sources