Guatemalan families mourn death of children as hunger spreads
5 Min Read LA PALMILLA, Guatemala (Reuters) - Two-year-old Yesmin Anayeli Perez died this week of illnesses linked to malnutrition, the third small child to die from similar causes in an impoverished mountain village in eastern Guatemala within weeks, residents and health officials said. Marvin Roque carries the coffin of his late niece Yesmin Anayeli, a two-year-old girl who died of pneumonia related to severe malnutrition, towards a hilltop for her burial in La Palmilla, Guatemala January 12, 2021. Picture taken January 12, 2021. REUTERS/Josue Decavele Residents of the indigenous Mayan vill...