Guatemala

Guatemala to recognize Jerusalem’s City of David as part of its national heritage

A plaque signed by Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo will be unveiled in a ceremony attended by senior Israeli, US and Guatemalan officials.

 A GROUP of Jewish schoolgirls finish their tour of the City of David National Park excavations.
(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.

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

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

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


Diaspora Jews, Israel waits for the day when you will come home - opinion

Decades after the end of World War II and the creation of Israel – two penultimate events in our people’s modern history – the Jewish community continues to struggle with assimilation.

 LEFT TO right: Rabbi Chaim Touito, Shir Touito and their children with their parents, Rebbetzin Simi Touito and Rabbi Daniel Touito, and Straus-Amiel representative Aviad Pituchei-Chotam pose for a photo at Ben-Gurion Airport, as the family leaves for their ‘shlichut’ in Guatemala.

Guatemala's President unharmed after gunmen fire on military escort

The occupants of the car opened fire on the soldiers, who returned fire. Giammattei was about 2 km (a mile) away at the time.

Presidential candidate Alejandro Giammattei of "VAMOS" political party talks to the media following the first round of presidential election, as he walks towards the official voting result center in Guatemala City, Guatemala June 17, 2019.

32 Guatemalan streets, plazas named ‘Jerusalem’ since embassy move

“The people are with Israel,” said Congressman Dr. Fidel Reyes Lee.

 Dr. Fidel Reyes Lee in Israel in March 2022

Young Israeli reported missing at Mexico-Guatemala border

Local search and rescue forces were deployed at the scene and extensive searches are being conducted.

Yellow police tape lies on the road as federal agents work at a crime scene in the town in Mexico

Extradition of senior Lev Tahor leaders to US from Guatemala approved

The cult has recently tried to move to Iran on several occasions to avoid its legal problems tied up in its child abuse and other criminal activities, but have been unsuccessful so far.

Members of Lev Tahor in Guatemala

Lapid, Guatemalan president launch Central American pro-Israel forum

Central American leaders called to unite against antisemitism at the launch of the Central America Forum for Israel on Thursday, featuring Yair Lapid and Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammettei.

Yair Lapid at Presidential Meeting

Antisemitism: Central American countries hold Israel solidarity event

A Central American event is an opportunity to show support for Israel and to reject antisemitism.

Following a recent global wave of antisemitism, countries in Central America will host a virtual solidarity with Israel event, at which they will present a united front against antisemitism.

US, Guatemalan forces raid extremist haredi Lev Tahor cult compound

The sect has been accused of forcing girls as young as 12 years old into marriages with much older men within the sect.

Members of Lev Tahor in Guatemala

Feds charge extremist Orthodox sect Lev Tahor with exploiting, kidnapping

Five leaders of the Lev Tahor group were charged by the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York and FBI Monday with crimes related to an alleged forced marriage and kidnapping.

Eliezer Rumpler, from the Lev Tahor Haredi Jewish sect   arrives to the Jerusalem District Court for a court hearing on May 26, 2020.

Leader of extremist haredi Orthodox sect Lev Tahor arrested in Guatemala

Lev Tahor subscribes to an ultra-strict version of kosher laws. Marriages between teenagers and older members are common.

Members of Lev Tahor in Guatemala