Octavio Medina is a 27 -year -old Guatemalan young man who currently studies environmental engineering in environmental systems at Kitakyushu University, in the city of Kitakyushu, Japan, thanks to a scholarship. Medina studied in Guatemala administration in tourist resources, communication sciences and customs management; However, I wanted to continue learning more. From this, he decided to apply to a scholarship...

The fire test of the scholarships focused on employment
Humans have the ability to interpret the same reality in many ways, depending on our knowledge and experience. You can choose to be positive, negative, hopeful, skeptical, in short … I, on the subject of scholarship programs – and especially the English scholarships – I see the glass half full. The efforts to promote English learning in the 1990s, but...

Home remedies to reduce high cholesterol and triglycerides
Currently, many people face problems related to cholesterol and high triglycerides, conditions that increase the risk of cardiovascular diseases. Although medical treatment is fundamental, there are home remedies that, under professional supervision, can effectively complement a healthy diet and an active lifestyle. Cholesterol is a hilling substance found in the blood. It takes to form healthy cells. In excess it...

“This triumph gives us strength, but nothing is defined,” says Roberto Montoya Technician from Cobán Imperial
The business went round to the coach Roberto Montoya, since his strategy worked to keep the victory in the first of two games against Old GFCin search of reaching the final of the Clausura 2025 tournament. The Mexican stressed that the direct duels against the colonials are always difficult and very closed and that this time it was no exception,...

Food and Transportation promoted inflation in April whose year -on rhythm was recorded at 1.47%
The intermensual variation was 0.19%in April, which represents an acceleration of 0.10 percentage points compared to the previous month (when it was 0.10%), while in April 2024 it was 0.30%. As for the accumulated variation, it was 0.54%, exceeding 0.35% in March. The April year of this year shows a decrease compared to the same month of 2024, when it...

Trump retracts some tariff promises
Since President Donald Trump announced that he was going to impose severe tariffs on countries around the world, he has been predicting that these levies would force their business partners to sign important and beneficial agreements for the United States. But on Tuesday, with the Canadian prime minister sitting beside him in the oval office and without any new commercial...

Measles vaccination in Guatemala does not exceed 20% in 2025
Measles of measles in the Americas are still increasing this year, when in 2024 the region had declared free of the disease. The report to April 19 indicates that More than 2,320 people have infectedaccording to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). 80.3% of cases are concentrated in Canada and the United States; In Mexico, 18.1%were identified. Meanwhile, Argentina, Brazil,...

Seven children have died in 2025
In the first four months of 2025, seven children under two years have passed away due to acute malnutrition, according to a report by the Ministry of Health. 86% of the cases presented a severe picture and although a similar percentage managed to reach a hospital to receive assistance, he finally died. It’s about a death rather than in 2024,...

For those who contribute to the strengthening of health services
Business life Esperanza Hospital with a healthy health service, in a human and efficient way, launches the call for the first edition of the Esperanza award, an initiative that aims to recognize organizations and people that promote significant improvements and that contribute to the strengthening of Guatemala’s health services. Business life May 7, 2025 | 23: 58h Entity contest is...

The opposition alliance calibrates forces against the second grade elections of 2026
The second year of the tenth legislature of the Congress of the Republic has been marked by a rearrangement of forces and the reconfiguration of the opposition alliance headed by Allan Rodríguez, from the Vamos block, and backed by other deputies such as Inés Castillo, of the National Unit of Hope (UNE); Felipe Alejos, from the All bench, and Álvaro...
