Hadley2 -As a mom to two children from Guatemala I agree with much of what you said. As well as disagree with some.
But I thought you might be interested in this thread that discusses that 'one out of every 100 births in Guatemala ends in adoption in the United States' statistics.
How to find a non-biased source on Guatemala's birth to adoption rate?
Not in any way trying to argue. Just wanted to expand on this often used statistic. Including whether it only includes registered births (in a country with a huge rural and often desparately poor population.) Devora's last post (post #11) also really gives a lot of great information about the situation regarding health care and education in Guatemala.