Despite dangers, the promise of reaching the United States is so intense that it’s driving a shocking surge in migration by Central American children unaccompanied by their parents.
The coffee farmers of Guatemala's Western Highlands try to stay one step ahead of coffee rust. Despite support from USAID, the disease threatens the livelihood of growers.
Carlos Javier Ortiz examines the pervasive violence in Guatemala in a new interview and photo essay.
About half of Guatemala’s children will face physical or developmental challenges due to malnutrition, yet vegetables grown for export overflow in the countryside.
In Guatemala, a country where nearly half of the children are so malnourished they're "stunted," a new initiative by the nation's top leaders has many feeling hopeful for the first time in years.
Three-quarters of children in rural Guatemala are chronically malnourished, while residents of the capital thrive. Hari Sreenivasan takes a closer look at malnutrition in a land of plenty.
Defeating malnutrition in Guatemala, Central America's most populous country.
Diego Sarat didn't know what a goat was when his wife signed up for a new nutrition program in Guatemala. He soon discovered it would be a turning point in the health of his children.
In Guatemala City, gun violence doesn't discriminate. Fourteen-year-old Michael René Coyoy Hernandez was just one of 2013's 6,000 victims.
In Guatemala, a marimba band uses its music to spread the word about breastfeeding and good nutrition during the 1,000 Days.
Guatemala's firearm homicide rate is almost twice the global average. The victims tend to be young.
This is how communities spread the word about the importance of good nutrition in improving maternal and infant health in Uganda, India, Guatemala or Chicago.
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