It was in 1979 that Mr. Chanax, "out of pure economic necessity," brought his family here from the remote highlands of western Guatemala.

Although the eruption caused great loss of life in western Guatemala, the Guatemalan government downplayed its severity.

Felt strongly in western Guatemala.

Cerro de Coxóm is a stratovolcano in Totonicapán in western Guatemala.

Approximately 800 to 900 were killed, and nearly all churches in western Guatemala and eastern Chiapas were heavily damaged or destroyed.

It is in the Retalhuleu Department, in western Guatemala.

In 1867, revolt broke out in western Guatemala, which many residents wished to return to its former status of an independent state as Los Altos.

She had traveled from Texas to Mexico City to the jungles of western Guatemala in her research.

Volcán Tajumulco is a large stratovolcano in the department of San Marcos in western Guatemala.

Huehuetenango is a city and a municipality in the highlands of western Guatemala.