Our Scans · Guatemala · Weekly Summary

• [New] Supplier Diversification: Reducing reliance on single-country sourcing (like China) by diversifying its supplier base to other regions (e.g., Guatemala, Honduras, U.S.) can mitigate tariff risks and improve supply chain resilience. wiselancer
• Expanding access to trade finance, including supply chain finance, in Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico could unlock over US$90bn in additional trade annually. Global Trade Review (GTR)
• Central American nations such as Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador will be devastated by drought, crop failure, and mass migration. The Futureplex
• Countries like Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador, already struggling with political instability and poverty, now face an even greater risk of mass displacement. Berkeley Political Review - UC Berkeley's only nonparti
• Encourage febrile travelers to seek health care if their activities put them at risk, although a confirmed diagnosis may be challenging in Guatemala or Belize. Yellow Book
• The United States, Mexico, and Guatemala will create a trilateral working group focused on security, law enforcement, and border infrastructure. Just Security
• EB-1 Final Action Dates across all employment-based categories will hold steady from last month: EB-1 Worldwide (including El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Mexico, and Philippines) remains current. JD Supra
• Guatemala sits at four points and faces a win-or-go-home scenario, needing all three points to keep their hopes alive. Bolavip US English
• Lack of judicial independence remains a critical issue in Guatemala, undermining the rule of law and threatening human rights protections. Human Rights Watch
• Across the rest of Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, eastern Guatemala, western Nicaragua, and the Mexican State of Quintana Roo, Sara is expected to produce an additional 3-5 inches of rain, with localized totals of about 15 inches. Sun Sentinel
• A regional project in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras supported young and adolescent girls who are out-of-school, at-risk of dropping-out or internally displaced to continue their learning uninterrupted by providing flexible, relevant formal and alternative learning opportunities. GAC
• Collaborating closely with the governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, USAID has strengthened the capacity of relevant government ministries to transparently and efficiently match qualified workers to temporary labour opportunities in the United States. Federal Register
• Changes in US immigration policy could have important implications for remittance-reliant economies in Central America, such as El Salvador and Guatemala. LatinFinance
• A second-term Trump administration will expand burden-sharing deals with Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador that cut off pathways to the US for asylum-seekers. CNN
• For the next 24 hours, moderate to locally heavy rainfall is forecast over Belize, El Salvador, eastern Guatemala, western Nicaragua and the Mexican state of Quintana Roo. ReliefWeb
• Heavy rains will affect Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua, with the NHC warning of catastrophic weather conditions. teleSURenglish
• Heavy rainfall is forecast to lead to life-threatening flash flooding and mudslides across Central America through early next week, particularly affecting Honduras, Belize, El Salvador, eastern Guatemala, and western Nicaragua. CNN
• The lack of opportunities has pushed more migrants to leave Guatemala for the United States than the other Northern Triangle countries, El Salvador and Honduras. Context
• JA Worldwide, one of the world's largest youth-serving NGOs, will commit $3.6 million through an impact consortium that will provide labour skills training and technical certifications to over 1,800 vulnerable girls in Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The White House
• Among the five countries where 80% of the Indigenous population in Latin America reside, Chile has the lowest proportion of the Indigenous population living in municipalities with critical or high vulnerability to COVID-19 infection (20.9% in Chile vs. 77.9% in Guatemala). BioMed Central
• Biden's administration has expanded temporary parole programs for people fleeing Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua and Haiti, and plans to open new offices in Colombia and Guatemala, where migrants can see if they qualify for lawful means to enter the United States. Time
• Politicians expressed their interest in Guatemala, considering the more than three million Guatemalans currently living in the United States and indicated that they hope that President Giammattei and his administration will take steps to support the democratic process. World Nation News

Last updated: 14 June 2025