A jury has awarded more than $500,000 to five men from Guatemala who said they were exploited and underpaid by a labor ...

The U.S. Agriculture Department issued a finding that will allow Guatemala fruit in. “The risks of introducing or spreading plant pests or noxious weeds from imported fresh Hass avocado fruit ...

But six months after the United States gave a green light to import avocados from Guatemala, the Central American country has yet to send any of the fruit north. Still, expectations are running high.

The U.S. Agriculture Department issued a finding that will allow Guatemala fruit in. “The risks of introducing or spreading plant pests or noxious weeds from imported fresh Hass avocado fruit ...

But six months after the United States gave a green light to import avocados from Guatemala, the Central American country has yet to send any of the fruit north. Still, expectations are running high.

The U.S. Embassy in Guatemala said initial exports from Guatemala could be about 1,700 tons annually. But that’s still a drop in the bucket compared to Mexico’s annual exports of 1.4 million tons.