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dtl_jalapa.sPubDate = "1/20/2008 11:57:51 PM GMT";
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dtl_jalapa.appHeader = "Photos | Children of Jalapa";
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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "This is the sky at dusk over Jalapa, Guatemala.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "The city, surrounded by mountains, canyons and volcanoes, is 108 miles from Guatemala's capital, Guatemala City.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "The local economy is based on agricultural and livestock products, and Jalapa is famous for its delicately flavored cheese.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "Rooftops double as convenient places to hang laundry out to dry.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "About 30% of Jalapa's population of 263,000 lives below the poverty line.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "Simple homes like these, constructed of cinder blocks and aluminum, are typical.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "For children in Jalapa, life is hardly all about play. It's not unusual to see young children carrying heavy bottles or groceries, sometimes balancing them on their heads.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "Yet most of the children I encountered sparkled with life, flashing big grins at me.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "These two boys couldn't get enough of my camera, and kept asking me to take more photos.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "The personality of this pretty girl seems as bright as the gorgeous magenta flowers on the side of the road.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "This little boy smiled at me shyly from the window of a house.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "When our NBC crew passed out some candy we had in our van, this boy initially seemed skeptical.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "But he was soon beaming from ear to ear.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "Wherever our NBC camera crew went, curious children followed our every move.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "This girl perched herself up on a small hill and watched us in awe.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "Groups of children soon did the same, mesmerized by our cameras.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "Most of them couldn't resist striking a pose.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "And they had a great time horsing around for my camera, often bursting into laughter.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "It quickly became a contest to see who could act the silliest.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "These young boys amused themselves by asking me, along with my field producer Leonor Ayala, if we would kiss them.";

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dtl_jalapa[i-1].body = "This is field producer Leonor Ayala surrounded by some of those boys, as well as other children who had gathered <br>around to see what all the commotion was about.";

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