The vast majority of Guatemalans do not pay taxes: some because they can’t, and others because they won't. Just 11 percent of the country's revenue is raised through taxes. The public purse is perpetually empty.And the government has huge problems: more than half of Guatemala's children suffer from malnutrition. For years, the state did little to combat the problem. Now a provisional nutrition program has been launched, but it's proving to be not enough to get malnutrition in the country under control.