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Jewel Showalter Last fall, still reeling from Hurricane Katrina, many in the United States scarcely noticed that Tropical Storm Stan triggered deadly mudslides and devastated large swatches of Guatemala. But after hearing the news, Steve Shank, Eastern Mennonite Missions' (EMM) representative…
Guatemala
Mike Martin It was the middle of the night and Isidro Xicay Coche was afraid. It had been raining for days in the small Guatemalan village of Panabaj, nestled between the shores of Lake Atitlán and the steep slopes of an…
Guatemala
The Guatemalan Government expressed appreciation to the Arab Republic of Egypt for the Humanitarian aid provided by the latter to confront the devastating Hurricane which hit Guatemala last year . The Egyptian Government provided humanitarian assistance worth a hundred thousand Egyptian…
Guatemala
Antigua (Guatemala), 7 de marzo de 2006 Personal especializado en la actuación en Desastres de Centroamérica se da cita, desde hoy y durante las próximas dos semanas, en el Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española en La Antigua…
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Jan Egeland subrayó el interés de la ONU por contribuir a las acciones que aten=FAen el impacto que causan los desastres naturales. El presidente de la Rep=FAblica , Oscar Berger, presentó ante el secretario general adjunto de la Organización de Naciones…
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(Guatemala City, 3 March 2006): A note of intention was officially signed yesterday in Guatemala City by Jan Egeland, Under-Secretary General of the United Nations for Humanitarian Affairs, Aníbal Ernesto Quiñónez., Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (SICA),…
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Guatemala, 3 de marzo de 2006. Para conocer personalmente la situación de las familias afectadas por la tormenta tropical Stan, así como ver el avance de los proyectos que las Naciones Unidas en acompañamiento del Gobierno de Guatemala llevan…
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La Secretaria de Estado de Cooperación Internacional, Leire Pajín, ha presentado esta mañana en la Casa de América el programa español de cooperación para la reconstrucción por los daños causados por la tormenta Stan en Guatemala y El Salvador,…
Guatemala
Tacaná, 24 February 2006 - Piles of rocks now lie where people's homes used to stand in the town of Tacaná in western Guatemala. Clearing the rocks so they can build new homes is just one of the many tasks…
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Donor support for Hurricane Stan relief saved lives Last October, thousands of people in Central America lost their homes, livelihoods and sources of clean drinking water when Hurricane Stan caused flashfloods and landslides in the region. The catastrophe that struck Southern…
