Some recent posts from a journal I'm maintaining during a trip through Guatemala, on assignment:

* New report shows 21,000 women in Guatemala hospitalized each year from botched abortions. Abortion is illegal in Guatemala, except in cases where authorities accept proof that the mother's life is in danger without the procedure. Many women who do seek unsafe abortions die.

* Video clip from a mid-day walk through an open-air market. (here's a direct link to video in Quicktime or Flash.)

* Snapshots from market stalls.