Guatemala City – Coffee rust - a fungus that has hit other Central American countries - has destroyed 70 percent of Guatemala's crop, forces the country's president to declare a national emergency.

Rows of dark green coffee plants line the winding roads leading up to the town of San Pablo in the Guatemalan highlands, extending across the hills. Coffee is the main source of income for people ...

Since the first plants came to Guatemala in the mid-1700s, coffee has been a catalyst for the economy and the development of the country. In 1960, the Guatemalan National Coffee Association ...

GUATEMALA CITY Guatemala's president declared a national emergency Friday over the spread of coffee rust, saying the fungus that has hit other Central American countries is affecting 70 percent of ...