Guatemala City

Human activity, not nature, was the likely cause of the gaping sinkhole that opened up in the streets of Guatemala City, a geologist says.

The Argentine singer-songwriter, who was 74, was on his way to the airport in Guatemala City when gunmen opened fire on his car.

He had been married twice but was now single, living in an elegant high-rise overlooking Guatemala City.

Emergency services in Guatemala say up to 100 people may have been buried by landslides on the main highway north of Guatemala City.

"In Guatemala City [the pumice is] unconsolidated, it's loose, " he said.

The commission, with 207 staff from 23 countries and a high-walled compound in Guatemala City, costs $20m a year.

Venezuela's radical government and its supporters used this week's IDB annual conference in Guatemala City to advance their plans.

The geologist added that the new sinkhole shares remarkable similarities with a sinkhole that formed in Guatemala City in 2007.

At one point, a clerk handling evidence in the Rosenberg case was gunned down in Guatemala City.

Guatemala City: Roman Catholics carry an image of the Virgin of the Assumption, the city's patron saint, during a parade.

A woman prepares pinatas at a factory in Guatemala City.

The small beachside lodge is less than 2 hours' drive from Guatemala City, on modern paved highways.

She is at her house in a run-down gated community in the suburbs of Guatemala City.

Peter Berger, the dean of sociologists of religion, argues that "Max Weber is alive and well and living in Guatemala City" .

The sinkhole appeared Sunday in downtown Guatemala City, swallowing a three-story building.

The Catholic cathedral still dominates the main square in Guatemala City.

In Mixco, a poor suburb of Guatemala City, police are winning the trust of community members and reducing crime.

Furthermore, the international airport in Guatemala City was also forced to close because of the volcano eruption.

Bush will meet his Guatemalan counterpart, Oscar Berger, Monday in Guatemala City.

ASH still smears the pavements of Guatemala City, three weeks after nearby Mount Pacaya blew its top.

Shortly afterward, the seat of government was moved to Guatemala City.

Like bigger than the "year" actually look inside a bowl together in Guatemala City.

GAPING HOLE: A giant sinkhole caused by rains from tropical storm Agatha is seen in Guatemala City on Tuesday.

The lawyer was shot dead while cycling in Guatemala City.

A soldier guards food supplies that will be sent to victims of Tropical Storm Agatha in Guatemala City June 1, 2010.

Workers clean up ash from the Pacaya volcano during Tropical Storm Agatha in Guatemala City May 29, 2010.

28 people were killed in the Guatemala City air disaster.

Five years ago, 15-year old Maria Isabel left home in Guatemala City for work and never returned.

View of a huge sinkhole caused by Tropical Storm Agatha, in Guatemala City, on May 31, 2010.

A series ofearthquakes in the 18th century led the Spanish crown to decree thatthe the capital be moved to present-day Guatemala City.

Lightning strikes through storm clouds over Agua volcano in Antigua, 32 km (20 mi) from Guatemala City, Guatemala on July 4, 2009.

Seeing Guatemala City's traffic for the first time in daylight persuaded me it's a place I probably wouldn't want to drive myself around.

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Protesters seen through a Congress building window

Guatemala City, Guatemala: Activists perform in the street during a representation of the rebirth of local corn

Guatemala City, Guatemala, 2010: A sinkhole covers a street intersection after tropical storm Agatha hit the area

Guatemala City, Guatemala: The corpse of an murder victim lies in the street

As planes flown by CIA pilots dropped bombs on Guatemala City,

Guatemala City Sewer Inspections a Must