Lava persists at Alaska's Great Sitkin volcano, Japan reports ashfall as Guatemala’s Fuego fires frequent blasts

Daily Volcano Report 28 August, 2025 Fri, 29 Aug 2025, 10:01 1756461660 | BY: VN Lava effusion continued in Alaska and on Hawai‘i Island while Japan and Guatemala saw notable explosive activity and ashfall. National observatories from several...

Fuego Volcano (Guatemala) activity update Aug 28, 2025 - Continuing eruption

Thu, 28 Aug 2025, 18:55 | BY: VN The Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología (INSIVUMEH) reported that the eruption continued at Fuego between 26 August 2025 (local) and 27 August 2025 (local). The alert level at...

Santa María Volcano (Guatemala) activity update Aug 28, 2025 - Continuing eruption

Thu, 28 Aug 2025, 18:55 | BY: VN The Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología (INSIVUMEH) reported that the eruption continued at Santa María between 26 August 2025 (local) and 27 August 2025 (local). The alert...

Pacaya Volcano (Guatemala) activity update Aug 28, 2025 - Unrest

Thu, 28 Aug 2025, 18:55 | BY: VN The Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología (INSIVUMEH) reported that unrest continued at Pacaya between 26 August 2025 (local) and 27 August 2025 (local). The alert level at...

Trump and Arévalo forge unexpected alliance on immigration in Guatemala

By Ana Arana | Edited by Ricardo Sandoval-Palos When Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, a tightly knit community of conservative politicians in Guatemala celebrated. For years, they had lobbied hard, cultivating friends among...

Minister Jose Mai Dismisses Conspiracy Theories Linking Him to Budna’s Transfer to Guatemala

Area Representative for Orange Walk South, Jose Abelardo Mai, has been named in several conspiracy theories regarding the taking of Joseph Budna. In a live streaming session, Budna had been making allegations against the minister, particularly...

Was Budna abducted and trafficked to Guatemala?

Guatemalan police reportedly encountered fugitive Budna in Arenal Village, Peten, walking in a “suspicious manner”. OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA By William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer) BELIZE CITY, Mon. Aug. 25, 2025 Belizean media personality Ryan...

Guatemala Frees Hostages After Prison Gang Riots

Guatemalan authorities freed hostages on Monday who were being held by gang members in two prisons, including a juvenile facility, in riots attributed to retaliation for the transfer of gang leaders to a maximum-security prison. On July 30, the...

Fuego Volcano (Guatemala) activity update Aug 27, 2025 - Continuing eruption

Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 14:55 | BY: VN The Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología (INSIVUMEH) reported that the eruption continued at Fuego between 25 August 2025 (local) and 26 August 2025 (local). The alert level at...

Santa María Volcano (Guatemala) activity update Aug 27, 2025 - Continuing eruption

Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 14:55 | BY: VN The Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología (INSIVUMEH) reported that the eruption continued at Santa María between 25 August 2025 (local) and 26 August 2025 (local). The alert...

Pacaya Volcano (Guatemala) activity update Aug 27, 2025 - Unrest

Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 14:55 | BY: VN The Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología (INSIVUMEH) reported that unrest continued at Pacaya between 25 August 2025 (local) and 26 August 2025 (local). The alert level at...

Controversial Figure Joseph Budna Detained in Guatemala

Joseph Budna Tonight, we’re following a developing story that continues to raise eyebrows on both sides of the border. Joseph Ryan Budna, a name that’s no stranger to controversy, has once again landed in the spotlight. Guatemalan authorities...

Guatemala Denounces Delay in Hearings Against former Indigenous Leaders

August 25, 2025 Hour: 6:01 pm The delay in the hearings against former indigenous leaders is causing outrage in Guatemala and is the subject of denunciations by various national and international organizations. Among these organizations Luis...

Guatemala and rebirth of a language: Youth in the vanguard of reviving native Xinkan culture

“The Spanish tried to make the Xinka culture a ghost,” says Jose Amilvar Urias (66), a local Xinka chief. “We all come from a European culture imposed on us. We’re 400 years behind,” he says, speaking at a cultural event organised by the Xinka...

Un cónsul honorario de Guatemala fortalecería los lazos y el comercio internacional de Utah

You can find an English-language version of the story here. — Se está preparando un cónsul honorario de Guatemala para Utah. Utah tiene tres consulados completos que brindan ayuda legal y administrativa a ciudadanos, y 28 cónsules honorarios o...

Cities respond to Trump’s sanctuary threats as judge extends protection from threatened cuts

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrest two people from Guatemala in Florida in August. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has threatened states, cities and counties that choose not to assist or cooperate with immigration arrests....

Guatemala can still withdraw its case at the ICJ

By Colin Hyde It’s not too late for Guatemala to tell the ICJ it doesn’t wish to pursue the claim of our territory, and it could do this and say to Belize, ‘come, let us charlar como buenos vecinos’. Whatever the outcome at the ICJ, if Guatemala...

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Citizen Journalist Budna Spirited Over Into Guatemala - He Says Cops Did It

Tonight, Belizeans are demanding answers from police after citizen journalist Joseph Budna was abducted on Friday night and spirited across the border to Guatemala - where police were waiting for him with an arrest warrant. It's an extra judicial...

Fuego Volcano (Guatemala) activity update Aug 26, 2025 - Continuing eruption

Tue, 26 Aug 2025, 10:55 | BY: VN The Instituto Nacional de Sismología, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrología (INSIVUMEH) reported that the eruption continued at Fuego between 24 August 2025 (local) and 25 August 2025 (local). The alert level at...