The film follows 14-year-old Hilberto Lealo from Guatemala, who dreams of visiting the ancient Mayan ruins of Tikal. He learns the traditional art of weaving from his father, Don Jose, in their ...

In the heart of the jungle, surrounded by beautiful greenery, lies Tikal - a once great city and ceremonial centre of the ancient Maya civilisation in the Petén region of Guatemala. It was the ...

President Claudia Sheinbaum has set out plans to extend Mexico's 1 477 km Tren Maya network to Belize and Guatemala, adding ...

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Active volcanoes, thick jungles, Caribbean waters: few countries pack as much diversity within such compact borders as ...

Learn how environmental changes have humbled many of history’s most successful and dominant cultures.

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and temples filled with expressive bas-relief sculptures set Palenque apart from other Maya sites in Mexico, and it even rivals the grandeur of Tikal in modern-day Guatemala. Its secrets have been ...

But one site stands out as a must-visit, the sprawling and atmospheric ruins of Tikal, a complex of Mayan pyramids, palaces and temples that appears almost out of nowhere in the thick jungle. The ...

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a famous book under the title Why We Can’t Wait.  Besides addressing the crime of slavery ...

Climb the active Pacaya Volcano, kayak Lake Atitlan and explore the Maya ruins of Tikal – the options are endless and inexpensive. Slovenia, not Switzerland The Swiss Alps are things of legend ...

In Guatemala’s Maya Forest, extensive illegal ranching is ... (306,628 acres), more than double the size of the country’s Tikal National Park. The situation is particularly dire in Izabal, ...