Daddy Yankee says he wants to return to Guatemala to make up a cancelled concert there was scrapped due to fraud.

A drought in Guatemala is increasing cases of malnutrition in the Central American country. Alejandro Lopez-Chicheri of the World Food Program: "It's not a hurricane, but it is an emergency – a slow-moving emergency." (via Foreign Policy)

Christina Aguilera visited Guatemala, the country with the highest child malnutrition rate in Central America, to raise awareness for the United Nations' World Food Programme: "I want to… open people’s eyes so they can get the funds they need to keep on working."

Food shortages in Guatemala have prompted President Alvaro Colom to declare a national "state of public calamity."

Felipe Cusanero, a former Guatemalan paramilitary officer, has been sentenced to 150 years in prison for the disappearance of six indigenous farmers during the Central American country's 36-year civil war. Although the war ended in 1996, Cusanero is the first person to be charged for a war crime.

A 7.1 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Honduras left five people dead and caused widespread damage in Honduras. The 30-second quake was felt in Guatemala and as far north as Cancun, México.

Watch thousands of Guatemalans call for the resignation of President Alvaro Colom in the continuing fallout of the Rosenberg affair. (via Foreign Policy)

A Guatemalan Twitter user has been arrested for "inciting financial panic" after posting a tweet asking Guatemalans to withdraw their money from the state's bank, Banrural, to protest its alleged corruption. The Banrural bank is at the center of the explosive political scandal involving slain attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg and President Alvaro Colom.

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom is denying involvement in the murder of attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg.

"If you're watching this video it's because i'm dead." A lawyer in Guatemala releases a video to the press after his murder and points the finger at President Alvaro Colom. (via Boing Boing)