De Guatemala a Guatepeor
Worsen an already bad situation
Me cambié de curro pensando que mejoraría y nada: de Guatemala a Guatepeor.
You change apartments to escape a noisy street, but the new place has even louder neighbors.
Literally it's a pun: from "Guatemala" to "Guatepeor" (guate- + peor = "worse").
In practice it means you went from a bad situation to an even worse one, usually by trying to fix it. It's used humorously because the wordplay softens the complaint. You'll also see it written as "de Guate a Guatepeor" in a more playful, shortened version.
"De Guatemala a Guatepeor" does not mean to go from place to place, to end up far from home, to get lost along the way. It specifically means "Worsen an already bad situation".
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