GUATEMALA CITY — The consumption of ultra-processed products has become increasingly common in Guatemala. Largely tracing back to the pandemic, obesity has become a major issue among the urban ...

GUATEMALA CITY — One of Debora Fadul’s earliest childhood memories is traveling in the backseat of her family’s sedan as her father negotiated long, windy roads to far-flung and verdant villages in ...

This is New Guatemalan cuisine, a Mesoamerican culinary movement that’s been brewing for the past couple of decades. The effort has exploded in recent years thanks to a new generation of ...

SAN JUAN ERMITA, Guatemala – A prolonged drought has worsened the hunger problem among Guatemala's heavily indigenous population. In a country where about 60 percent of the people live on less than $3 ...

Livingston is not an island, but it exists so separately from the rest of Guatemala that locals use the word ‘mainland’ to mean everywhere beyond its boundaries. Triple-isolated on the east coast by ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

The President of Guatemala, Alvaro Colom, has announced a “state of public calamity” to tackle food shortages throughout the Central American nation. The failure of bean and corn crops from drought, ...

JOCOTÁN, Guatemala – Baudilio García walks up past alternating rows of trees and dried maize lining the hillside. Together with family members, he’s preparing to substitute the crops between the rows ...

It is harvest time on the steep hills above the Chixoy river, but many families in the surrounding communities may not have enough food to last the winter.“We haven’t thought what we will do next ...

Bill Esparza is a James Beard award-winning food journalist, author of LA Mexicano, and onscreen food television personality covering food in United States and Latin America. A dark cobalt blue ...

Episode 145: Steve Cha (aka Rockstar Eater) explores Guatemalan street food in Los Angeles' Little Guatemala. This vibrant area features the Guatemalan Night Market at the intersection of 6th Street ...