GUATEMALA: (Barely) Surviving on Beans and Tortillas

Full story: Inter Press Service

Indigenous women in Chiquimula making rope out of maguey fiber. Credit:Danilo Valladares/IPS GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 4 - Juan Manuel Ardon's bones jut out and his hair is dull and thin: signs of severe malnutrition.

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