Izabal Department

Guatemala: Killings must not go unpunished

Dinsdag 13 oktober 2009 | Amnesty International ] Amnesty International calls on the Guatemalan authorities to thoroughly investigate the killings of two indigenous rural workers shot and killed in separate incidents in the...

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Food Assistance to Populations Affected by Undernutrition and critical Food Shortage

The number of children affected by severe acute undernutrition has increased over the past months. In the province of Izabal, the prevalence of children with acute undernutrition stands at 6.3% (EFSA, July 2009)1. This is...

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Guatemala: Donations urgently needed to respond to food crisis - WFP

Source: United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Informe_completo (pdf* format - The Guatemalan Government appealed for international assistance, following a declaration of a "State of National Calamity" on September 9th. -...

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Guatemalan traffickers flaunt support

Residents of a poor Guatemalan town have rallied around a family sought by the United States for drug trafficking but respected at home for handing out food, jobs and medicine to people in need. Guatemala has become a major...

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ACT Alert: Earthquake, Honduras

Action by Churches Together (ACT) - Switzerland Alert Honduras - No. 13/2009 Geneva, 29 May 2009 On 28 May 2009, a magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Honduras on its Atlantic coast at 2:24 am local time (8:24 am GMT). The most...

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Strong quake shakes economic heart of Honduras, kills five

Tegucigalpa (AFP) May 28, 2009 - A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake rocked the economic and tourist heart of Honduras Thursday, killing five, wounding at least 17, and shaking neighboring countries as far away as Mexico.

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AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Preparations begin for the Guatemalan Missionary Congress, November 13-15

Izabal (Agenzia Fides) – The Missions Commission of the Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal is working hard to prepare for the celebration of the Guatemalan Missionary Congress (COMGUA III), according to a report sent to Agenzia...

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Forum of People in Resistance

Local Priest Backs Auto Determination and Defense of Environment By Nancy Davies Commentary from Oaxaca The national and international forum “Weaving Resistance for Defense of our Territories” (Tejiendo la resistencia por las...

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