French photographer Miquel Dewever-Plana has devoted more than ten years to uncovering the violence that continues to plague Guatemala. He presents 'The other war', an exhibition on the "maras", the gangs of Guatemala City.
In this edition: Guatemala's president is accused of murdering a lawyer in a video where the lawyer predicted his own death; Obama and the US anti-abortion league; some Afro-Americans try the journey to their roots in Africa.
A United Nations-backed commission will investigate the murder of a prominent lawyer in Guatemala, Rodrigo Rosenberg, who said in a video taped before he was gunned down that President Alvaro Colom might order him killed.
President Alvaro Colom has said he is seeking help from foreign experts to investigate the murder of a lawyer who left a videotape accusing the Guatemalan leader of ordering the killing.
Guatemalan president Alvaro Colom has apologised to Cuba for his country's involvement in the botched 1961 invasion attempt on Cuba, known as the Bay of Pigs, which was planned and financed by the USA with forces trained in Guatemala.
At least 22 people were killed when part of a mountain collapsed onto a road on Sunday in a landslide triggered by a geological fault, disaster relief officials said.
At least seven prisoners were murdered during a brutal fight between gang members in Guatemala's Pavoncito prison. Most of the murdered inmates were beheaded and mutilated.
Former Guatemalan president Alfonso Portillo has been extradited from Mexico to Guatemala where he faces corruption charges, the Guatemalan attorney general's office said Tuesday.
Ten people, including five US citizens on a humanitarian mission, have been killed and five others were injured in a small plane crash in eastern Guatemala.
Four people including Guatemalan Interior Minister Vinicio Gomez were killed in a plane crash north of the Guatemalan capital. Authorities say bad weather caused the crash.
