los-nios-de-la-calle: Teenagers hang out on a corner in Zone 8 of Guatemala City. "Los niños de la calle," or street children, often choose homelessness over an abusive or poverty-stricken family life. Many become addicted to huffing paint thinner, which they pour on balls of cloth and hold cupped to their mouths. Paint thinner is preferred over glue, some said, because it is cheaper and gives them a false feeling of warmth outside at night, in addition to masking hunger pains.