Slide Show: Life in Guatemala

[](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/multimedia/guatemala/index.html) The first installment of the NewsHour's two-part series on Guatemala airs tonight. Learn more about the country and the daily experiences of Guatemalans striving to making ends meet in a country hard hit by poverty and violence below. For more on our series, [view a preview from Ray Suarez](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/03/preview-guatemala-series-on-womens-health-and-safety.html) here. Read more from our Guatemala reporting trip on our [Global Health Watch](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/globalhealth) page. Ray has a [reporter's notebook](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/02/reporters-notebook-the-family-planning-frontier-in-guatemala.html) on the complexities of preaching family planning in a traditional and religious society. Two reports from the field look at the the high levels of [violence against women](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/02/from-the-field-violence-against-women-in-guatemala.html) and efforts to provide [young girls with education](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2011/02/opening-horizons-for-guatemalas-girls.html) on how to protect themselves against violence. There is also a piece on the [high rates of malnutrition](http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/latin_america/jan-june11/nutrition_02-16.html) among Guatemala's children and the health implications of the condition later in life.