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Associated Press
10-07-2025
- Climate
- Associated Press
Photos from Guatemala a day after dozens of earthquakes shook the country
SANTA MARIA de JESUS, Guatemala (AP) — Dozens of earthquakes struck Guatemala in a short span, causing landslides, leaving walls crumbled and roads blocked by landslides. More than 150 earthquakes and aftershocks with magnitudes ranging from 3.0 to 5.7 were recorded, according to officials. ___ This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
CTV News
09-07-2025
- Climate
- CTV News
Multiple earthquakes kill 2 people in Guatemala, cause landslides and evacuations
Neighbours remain outside their homes in Palin, Guatemala, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, after a series of earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 3.0 to 5.6, according to authorities. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo) A series of dozens of earthquakes were recorded in the span of hours in Guatemala, leaving two dead when rocks fell on their vehicle, authorities said. Landslides left several others buried. More than 37 earthquakes and aftershocks with magnitudes ranging from 3.0 to 5.6 were reported in Guatemala Tuesday afternoon, said Edwin Rodas, director of the National Institute for Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology and Hydrology. The tremors resulted in the evacuation of buildings, landslides, and minor property damage, officials said, adding they were felt as far away as El Salvador. The two men killed were traveling in a pickup truck on a local road in the department of Escuintla when the rocks fell from a hillside onto the vehicle, firefighters said. Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo said at a press conference Tuesday that the main epicentre of the quakes was in the department of Sacatepéquez, with aftershocks in the regions of Escuintla and Guatemala department. At least five people were buried by landslides, but emergency responders were able to rescue two, he added. The National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction declared an orange alert, the second-highest on the emergency scale. The US Geological Survey reported a 4.8 magnitude earthquake at 3:11 p.m. local time, four kilometres (2.5 miles) southwest of the town of Amatitlán, south of Guatemala City, with a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles). It then reported another 5.7 magnitude quake three kilometres (two miles) northwest of San Vicente Pacaya, a municipality in Escuintla, in the south-central region of the country. Another 4.8 magnitude quake was reported six kilometres (four miles) northwest of Palín, also in Escuintla. The Associated Press
Al Arabiya
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Arabiya
Costa Rica's Top Court Seeks to Strip President Chaves' Immunity Over Corruption Case
Costa Rica's Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the country's legislature to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his legal immunity so he can stand trial on corruption charges. Chaves, accused of awarding lucrative consulting contracts to a close associate, has denied wrongdoing. His office did not immediately comment on the ruling, which justices decided in a 15–to–7 vote. Costa Rica's top court has never before accepted a request to revoke a president's immunity. The case now goes to Congress, which is dominated by opposition lawmakers and has the final say. Prosecutors accuse Chaves of abusing his authority in diverting part of a $32,000 contract financed by a multilateral bank – the Central American Bank for Economic Integration – to his adviser and campaign strategist, Federico Choreco Cruz. On Tuesday, the top court also asked Chaves' minister of culture and former chief of staff, Jorge Rodríguez, to stand trial in the same case. The case first emerged in 2023 when local media released leaked audio recordings that purported to show Chaves discussing Cruz's involvement in the contracts. Chaves and his allies have other cases pending against them. Costa Rica's attorney general's office filed a separate indictment last week accusing the president of illicitly financing the 2022 election campaign that brought him to power. Chaves also denies those charges.
Associated Press
01-07-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Costa Rica's top court seeks to strip President Chaves' immunity over corruption case
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica's Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the country's legislature to strip President Rodrigo Chaves of his legal immunity so he can stand trial on corruption charges. Chaves, accused of awarding lucrative consulting contracts to a close associate, has denied wrongdoing. His office did not immediately comment on the ruling, which justices decided in a 15-to-7 vote. Costa Rica's top court has never before accepted a request to revoke a president's immunity. The case now goes to Congress, which is dominated by opposition lawmakers and has the final say. Prosecutors accuse Chaves of abusing his authority in diverting part of a $32,000 contract financed by a multilateral bank — the Central American Bank for Economic Integration — to his adviser and campaign strategist, Federico 'Choreco' Cruz. On Tuesday, the top court also asked Chaves' minister of culture and former chief of staff, Jorge Rodríguez, to stand trial in the same case. The case first emerged in 2023 when local media released leaked audio recordings that purported to show Chaves discussing Cruz's involvement in the contracts. Chaves and his allies have other cases pending against them. Costa Rica's attorney general's office filed a separate indictment last week accusing the president of illicit financing the 2022 election campaign that brought him to power. Chaves also denies those charges. ____ Follow AP's coverage of Latin America and the Caribbean at
Free Malaysia Today
26-06-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
Children among 10 killed by gunmen in crime-hit Mexican city
Guanajuato recorded more than 3,000 murders last year, the most of any Mexican state. (AFP pic) CELAYA : Gunmen killed 10 people including children in an attack on a house in a central Mexican city plagued by gang-related violence, authorities said today. Several others were wounded in the shooting last night in Irapuato in Guanajuato state, the municipal government said in a statement. Children were among the victims of the 'deplorable' attack, president Claudia Sheinbaum told her morning news conference, adding that authorities had launched an investigation. Guanajuato is a thriving industrial hub and home to several popular tourist destinations, but it is also Mexico's deadliest state due to gang turf wars, according to official homicide statistics. Criminal violence, most of it linked to drug trafficking, has claimed around 480,000 lives in Mexico since 2006 and left more than 120,000 people missing. Much of the violence in Guanajuato is linked to conflict between the Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the Jalisco New Generation cartel, one of the most powerful in the Latin American nation. Guanajuato recorded more than 3,000 murders last year, the most of any Mexican state, according to official figures.
