Guatemala City

Guatemala is racing to preserve 60,000 case files of testimony about abuses from its decades of armed conflict before President Bernardo Arévalo's term ends in January 2028. The conflict, from 1960 to 1996, resulted in over 200,000 deaths and 45,000 disappearances, recognized as genocide by the U.N. Arévalo inherited a stalled reparations program from previous administrations.

One of the leaders of the nationwide protests that have paralyzed much of Guatemalan commerce for nearly two weeks is a young one-time law student who is now leader of one of the country’s most important Indigenous organizations.

The government is struggling to bring all 3 million-plus students back to schools that were shuttered when the pandemic hit. Teachers are ready to resume classes. But obstacles loom.

The Guatemalan film "1991," which just premiered in Miami, recalls horrific — but lesser known — racist violence that stalked the country's streets during its civil war.