Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the bracing morning air, workers leave their homes in the outer suburbs and hurry toward the industrial buildings lining the ...

Guatemala has been viewed by Korean investors as one of the best countries to operate textile businesses due to its geographical proximity to the U.S. market and cheap labor. Recently, however, some ...

With a cup of strong coffee in hand, I open the French doors and step outside onto the terrace of my room at Villa Bokéh. It’s just after sunrise, and the six-acre garden that surrounds this recently ...

I have spent almost two decades researching and working with Maya women weavers in Guatemala, and I just spent the last year living there. People often ask me if it’s worth buying Maya textiles as a ...

Guatemala’s apparel and textile industry is looking to technology to boost output and efficiency and offset a rise in production costs. The textile and clothing industry in Guatemala represents 8.9% ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of ‘The Great Illusion,’ a series by CNN’s As Equals all about work: investigating which industries are most harmful for women workers, revealing the true cost of ...

In the bracing morning air, workers leave their homes in the outer suburbs and hurry toward the industrial buildings lining the Guatemalan capital’s highways. Some go by foot. Others by motorcycle; ...