Guatemala

Lawmakers from 12 Latin American countries back Isaac Accords, Jerusalem embassy move

According to organizers, participating countries included Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Ecuador, Colombia, Honduras, Chile, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia, and Panama.

JUNE 30, 2026|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

(L-R) Chairman of Selection Committee, The Genesis Prize Foundation, David Hatchwell, Argentinian President Javier Milei, and Josh Reinstein, President of the Israel Allies Foundation.

Paraguayan Ambassador Alejandro Rubin Cymerman (L) with President Isaac Herzog at his Jerusalem residence, 2024.

Grapevine: Paraguay’s ambassador brings longstanding pro-Israel ties to Jerusalem

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 23, 2026|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

An inmate looks out from a security tower at the Renovacion 1 prison, as inmates at three Guatemalan prisons rioted on Saturday and took mostly prison guards hostage, authorities said, in Escuintla, Guatemala, January 17, 2026.

Guatemalan inmates riot at three prisons, taking 46 people hostage

Inmates, some wearing jumpsuits but most in tank tops and shorts, their faces covered by masks improvised with pieces of clothing, watched from above, perched in the prison's patrol towers.

JANUARY 18, 2026|ByREUTERS

Elazar Rumpler, a senior leader within haredi cult Lev Tahor, appearing in the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing in 2020; illustrative.

Jerusalem court sends senior Lev Tahor cult leader Elazar Rumpler to prison in child abuse case

Elazar Rumpler, a Lev Tahor haredi cult leader, was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay a total of NIS 22,000 in fines and compensation for assaulting a 10-year-old child.

JANUARY 9, 2026|ByJAMES GENN

Friends of Zion hosts event to honor Guatemala’s new ambassador to Israel

The event was attended by high-profile Israeli, Guatemalan, Central and South American officials, including Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely.

OCTOBER 25, 2018ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

FOZ Founder Mike Evans, Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely and Ambassador Bucaro

City in Guatemala to name all streets after Israeli places

The decision comes a day after Paraguay announced embassy move reversal

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018ByCAROLINE B. GLICK

Guatemala president Jimmy Morales meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Conference on anti-Semitism held in Guatemala

"From the moment the modern State of Israel was restored on May 14, 1948, the United States and Guatemala have stood firmly by their side."

JULY 12, 2018ByGIL HOFFMAN

The Israel Allies Foundation holds a conference on antisemitism in the Congress of Guatemala.

Netanyahu praises Israeli team treating volcano burns in Guatemala

Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted on June 3, killing and wounding dozens.

JUNE 10, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD

Residents are seen amidst ashes as heavy machinery removes ash from a road at an area affected by the eruption of the Fuego volcano at El Rodeo in Escuintla, Guatemala June 6, 2018. Picture taken June 6, 2018.

Israeli team using special enzyme to treat volcano burns in Guatemala

Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted on June 3, killing and wounding dozens.

JUNE 10, 2018ByHERB KEINON

THE ISRAELI medical team in Guatemala treats a patient after volcano erupts

Israeli team rush to Guatemala to help volcano victims

The team was dispatched at the bidding of the Prime Minister’s Office after it received a request for help from the president of Guatemala, Jimmy Morales Cabrera.

JUNE 7, 2018ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH