GUATEMALA CITY: Kids can be seen cleaning windshields or juggling in clown makeup on street corners in Guatemala’s cities.

But there’s no fun involved: many of these children are abandoned street urchins or “rented out” by their parents to networks that exploit them -- effectively slaves.

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