Guatemala's violent youth gangs | DW Documentary

 

Guatemala is one of the world's poorest countries -- and one of the most violent. Ultra-violent gangs, known as "maras," terrorize overcrowded low-income settlements through drug trafficking, prostitution, and racketeering.

Coffee and the Maya | DW Documentary

 

An old idea has been freshly brewed in Guatemala: the cooperative. With private funding from Europe, indigenous small-scale coffee farmers are defying the most adverse conditions in a country that’s been plagued by a bloody civil war.