The enigmatic people who created the figures may have shared cultural traditions with neighboring Maya and other ancient ...

It’s not often a Marion native departs for the mountains of Guatemala, but that’s just where Emmy Hess journeyed after graduating from the University of Kansas in 2023.

They crossed oceans to get to the U.S., fleeing conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in ...

The life and work of Frank Wisner, one of the CIA’s founding officers, offers us a portrait of American intelligence’s ...

As popular as Taco Bell is in the U.S., the chain recognizes that it has a problem of international relevance. There are ...

Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 ...

Guatemala is vulnerable to the effects of climate change which is forcing its indigenous people further into poverty.

Archaeologists have found five 2,400-year-old puppets, designed to shift emotions depending on the viewing angle, on a ...

Two archaeologists discovered the ceramic figurines—possibly used as puppets—at the top of a pyramid, and three of them have ...

The figurines were discovered in a largely unexcavated site in El Salvador. Some 2,400 years ago, they were controlled by ...

Five clay figurines uncovered in El Salvador feature detachable heads with holes, possibly allowing them to be moved like ...

A collection of 2,400-year-old ceramic puppets found atop a Salvadorian pyramid are forcing archaeologists to rethink the ...