A new analysis of jade found along the Motagua fault that bisects Guatemala is underscoring the fact that this region has a more complex geologic history than previously thought. Because jade and other associated metamorphic rocks are found on both sides of the fault, and because the jade to the north is younger by about 60 million years, a team of geologists posits in a new research paper that the North American and Caribbean plates have done more than simply slide past each other: they have collided. Twice.

May 28th- At 8:25 am a Earthquake struck 130 kilometers(80 miles) North Northeast of Le Ceiba, Honduras,(Carribbean Sea) with a depth of 10 kilometers, and a magnitude on 7.3

Ask his doctors and nurses. Juan Gonzales is different than most being treated in a hospital. He is in Georgia's Redmond Regional Medical Center. And his story is a sad one.

Social Democrat Alvaro Colom was elected Guatemala's new president, according to official poll results released here by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal.

Alvaro Colom a soft-spoken textile businessman, had an unassailable lead of 5.4 percentage points over Gen Otto Perez Molina, the former head of army intelligence with more than 95 percent of votes counted.

Every year, thousands of people from the United States visit the Central American nation of Guatemala, not just for tourism, but to adopt babies. Last year, more than 4,000 Guatemalan children were adopted by US citizens. But critics say the demand for young Guatemalan children has created an illicit market in which babies are bought and sold and, in some cases, even stolen from their birth mothers.

“On [07-07-07], the New Open World Foundation announced the completion of a world poll to name the ‘new Seven Wonders of the World’…To see them all would mean traveling to Jordan, Peru, India, Mexico, China, Brazil, and Italy. A tour of ‘finalists’ would span the United States, Mali, the United Kingdom, Greece, Spain, Australia, Egypt, Germany, Russia, Japan, Turkey, France, Chile and Cambodia …That would indeed be a wonderful journey.” – Philadelphia Inquirer

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck offshore Guatemala on June 13, 2007, at a depth of 64 kilometers and some 115 kilometers from the capital, the US Geological Survey said. See the Guatemala map about the news. Guatemala is a small country in Central America.

Guatemalan Children Benefit from the Collaboration of the Guatemalan Ministry of Education, FunSEPA and USAID; President Oscar Berger to Attend Kick-Off Celebration

Repsol Montesa HRC reinforced his season-opening win with a pair of victories in this weekend's two-day Grand Prix in Guatemala. He was joined twice on the podium by team mate Takahisa Fujinami - Repsol Montesa HRC, with the Japanese rider taking a second and third place on the two days respectively