Guatemala

Grapevine: Paraguay’s ambassador brings longstanding pro-Israel ties to Jerusalem

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

|ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Paraguayan Ambassador Alejandro Rubin Cymerman (L) with President Isaac Herzog at his Jerusalem residence, 2024.
An inmate looks out from a security tower at the Renovacion 1 prison, as inmates at three Guatemalan prisons rioted on Saturday and took mostly prison guards hostage, authorities said, in Escuintla, Guatemala, January 17, 2026.

Guatemalan inmates riot at three prisons, taking 46 people hostage

Inmates, some wearing jumpsuits but most in tank tops and shorts, their faces covered by masks improvised with pieces of clothing, watched from above, perched in the prison's patrol towers.

|ByREUTERS
Elazar Rumpler, a senior leader within haredi cult Lev Tahor, appearing in the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing in 2020; illustrative.

Jerusalem court sends senior Lev Tahor cult leader Elazar Rumpler to prison in child abuse case

Elazar Rumpler, a Lev Tahor haredi cult leader, was sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay a total of NIS 22,000 in fines and compensation for assaulting a 10-year-old child.

|ByJAMES GENN
Lev Tahor member Yoel Alter, 35, is escorted by Guatemalan police officers after being arrested at court in Guatemala City on January 24, 2025.

Leader of ultra-Orthodox Lev Tahor sect extradited to Mexico, charged with human trafficking

Yoel Alter, who is suspected of holding a senior rank in the cult, was arrested for charges of organized crime and human trafficking in Guatemala in January at the request of Mexican authorities

|ByELI LEON

Friends of Zion welcomes Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales to Israel

Morales was awarded the Friends of Zion Award a few months ago in a ceremony at the Guatemalan President’s Office to mark his steadfast support for strong Guatemala-Israel relations.

MAY 16, 2018ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
FRIENDS OF ZION Museum founder Dr. Mike Evans (right) hosts Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales at the museum in Jerusalem. (Courtesy)

Guatemalan president arrives to reopen embassy in Jerusalem

Mattanya Cohen, Israel’s ambassador to Guatemala and Honduras, said in a Kan Bet interview that Guatemala has a tradition of friendship for Israel that goes back to 1947.

MAY 16, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York, US.

After U.S. and Guatemala, Paraguay to move its embassy to Jerusalem

The US is scheduled to move its embassy to Jerusalem on May 14, followed two days later by Guatemala.

MAY 8, 2018ByHERB KEINON
A general view shows Jerusalem's old city from an Israeli Air Force plane during an aerial show as part of celebrations for Israel's Independence Day to mark the 66th anniversary of the creation of the state, May 6, 2014

Paraguayan president pledges to move embassy to Jerusalem

Already in March Paraguay indicated that it would relocate its embassy if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to visit.

APRIL 29, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Horacio Cartes

Arab League secretary-general urges Guatemala to cancel embassy move

In an urgent letter to Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales, Arab League Chief Aboul-Gheit expressed his dissatisfaction with the President's decision to relocate its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

MARCH 9, 2018ByJULIANE HELMHOLD
A general view of Jerusalem shows the Dome of the Rock, located in Jerusalem's Old City on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount December 6, 2017.

WATCH: PLO fumes after Guatemala envoy tours Jerusalem for embassy site

The Guatemalan embassy is slated to move to Jerusalem this May.

MARCH 5, 2018ByREUTERS
PLO executive committee member Hanan Ashrawi

Guatemalan president hints at 'reciprocity' for Jerusalem embassy move

"There's a rule – the reciprocity rule. We believe that, with Israel, we have been good friends ever since the establishment of the Jewish state."

MARCH 5, 2018ByMICHAEL WILNER, HERB KEINON
Guatemalan president Jimmy Morales and Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein at the Knesset

WATCH: Guatemalan president speaks at AIPAC

Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales is expected to announce the date on which his country will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.

MARCH 5, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales addresses the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at UN Headquarters in New York, US.

PM meets Guatemalan president in U.S., thanks him for Jerusalem recognition

Following US President Donald Trump, Guatemala to move its embassy to Jerusalem

MARCH 4, 2018ByHERB KEINON
Guatemala president Jimmy Morales meeting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

We can take basic steps to enhance health and security

Health, development, security and stability tend to advance and improve together.

FEBRUARY 21, 2018ByKATE SCHECTER
Women carry children as they wait to see a nurse at a pop-up Marie Stopes clinic in Niger's village of Libore