Informes

Three months without rain brings hunger to Nicaragua, Honduras and Guatemala PHILADELPHIA--The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is issuing an appeal for contributions to help alleviate widespread hunger problems caused by drought in Central America. Three months of little or no…

Este material es fruto de la campaña de sensibilización Escuelas, puentes de solidaridad Más de 125.000 niños y niñas españoles han participado en la campaña Se han enviado 77.000 bolsas de material escolar a Centroamérica En noviembre de 1999…

Torrential rains and flooding due to Hurricane "Keith" have affected food and cash crops in the southern coastal areas, particularly in Santa Rosa, Escuintla, Suchitepequez, Rehalhuleu and San Marcos. A detailed assessment of damage has not been made yet, but…

The most affected parts of the country are Alta Verapaz, City of Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Escuintla, Jalapa, Quiché, Totonicapán and Zacapa. PAHO is working in close relationship with the Ministry of Health and CONRED (National disaster coordination entity). Those contacts will remain…

Ref: OCHA/GVA 2000/0120 OCHA Situation Report No. 1 Guatemala - Floods 20 June 2000 Background Guatemala has a tropical climate along the « Peten » Lowlands and the Caribbean coast, with a more temperate climate in the highlands. There are generally two seasons,…

Guatemala City, Jun 15, 2000 (EFE via COMTEX) -- Since the onset of Guatemala's rainy season six weeks ago, heavy rains have left more than 2,600 people homeless and have been blamed in at least 25 deaths, according to…

An Evaluation of the WFP response Summary of an Evaluation WFP fielded a four-person mission in July and August 1999 to evaluate the agency's performance in response to hurricane Mitch.1 Over a period of six weeks, the members…

Howard LaFranchi, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor LA CEIBA, HONDURAS - Every day, Honduran Emilson Abelardo Guzmán wanders down below his village to the Mame River, where engineers from Louisiana and Missouri National Guard units are building a new…

A strong earthquake measuring 6.5 on Richter struck Central America early on Sunday morning, 11 July followed by many small aftershocks and another major tremor on 13 July, measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale. Little material damage has been…

MEXICO CITY (July 13) XINHUA - An earthquake of 5.3 degrees on the Richter scale rock the south-east of Mexico, Guatemala and El Salvador on Tuesday. In Mexico, the earthquake affected Chiapas at 08:04 a.m. local time (13:04 GMT) while…