Trash

As you can image there is a lot of trash everywhere on streets in Guatemala.  Sanitation-wise, it is a horrible situation. Until I rent a whole house myself I never realized how the government will not send a truck to college trash to houses that can’t afford to pay the fee.  So poor families have to leave trash in empty fields or streets at night. As a house owner in the States I realize that we also pay taxes for trash to be collected. But I doubt if the government would actually leave only my trash on a street if I can’t pay taxes.  As you can image, all the trash is creating a lot of problems with flies, germs, and viruses on the streets. In a country like Guatemala where the climate is very hot, people always walk around in their sandals and kids are playing without shoes sometimes (often times parents can’t afford buying shoes for them). There are broken beer bottles or much other stuff on the streets. If I were the president of Guatemala, the first job will be cleaning up the country by collecting all trash from all house, streets, and fields regardless the fact if people can afford to pay taxes or not.