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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Seeking to combat the food security crisis in Guatemala's Dry Corridor, which is located in the country's eastern region, the United States Agency for International...
Chiquimula (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Juan Pablo Lobos, a fellow Franciscan brother of Fr. Miguel Angel Hernandez, who was kidnapped and murdered in Honduras in recent days (see Fides 11/11/2009), sent Fides some news about his...
GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 4 (IPS) - Juan Manuel Ardón's bones jut out and his hair is dull and thin: signs of severe malnutrition. He is so weak that he can hardly walk or talk, and the doctors say his weight and stature are those of...
Church World Service October 5, 2009 The effects of climate change and climate variability in Guatemala have caused low rainfall in some areas -- precipitating water shortages for drinking and irrigation. ...
Children in the parish of Chiquimula [CAFOD] CAFOD partner gears up for response to Guatemalan hunger crisis as Guatemalan President declares a “state of calamity” . Adverse weather conditions have had a devastating effect on...
GUATEMALA CITY, Sep 11 (IPS) - The deaths of 25 children from severe malnutrition this year in Guatemala, mainly in the eastern province of Jalapa, shows that the specter of hunger is still haunting the country, aggravated by...
Source: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Full_Report (pdf* format - BACKGROUND The number of children affected by severe acute undernutrition, arriving at the national hospital of Jalapa, has increased to 91 since...
A fortified food blend called VitaCereal™ has been a mainstay for young children and mothers in Guatemala, where almost half of all children under five suffer from chronic malnutrition. But the nutrition programme may be...
GUATEMALA CITY, Jun 16 (IPS) - Incomplete infrastructure works and development projects and dismissals of teachers and municipal employees are some of the consequences of the global economic crisis in rural Guatemala, due to...
Current legislation deprives communities of benefits, allowing corporations to use up important resources. Last November, more than 6,000 people from 49 predominantly Mayan Mam villages, made their way to the Santa Barbara town...
