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Tegulcigalpa The international medical humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres warns of toxic spill in the Choluteca River. An undetermined quantity of pesticides and otherwise toxic material from chemical and agro-chemical production plants were spilled into the river as a result…
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Canada has pledged $100 million over the next four years for Central America's recovery. The funds will come from the Official Development Assistance (ODA) envelope, and will focus on restoring agricultural production, reconstructing basic health facilities, water and sanitation infrastructure…
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New York, 16 November 1998 - At the request of environment ministers from Latin America and the Caribbean, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) will develop a joint environmental recovery and rehabilitation plan…
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News Brief No. 98/45 November 16, 1998 The World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) have agreed to undertake with the governments of Honduras and Nicaragua a comprehensive assessment of their external debt situation and related…
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Thousands of students, their faces masked against the stench of stagnant water and mud, filled the streets around the headquarters of the Honduran Red Cross (HRC) in Tegucigalpa last week in a huge operation to shift the debris from…
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NR-280/98 DIRECT INQUIRIES TO: Press: Peter Bate (202) 623-2609 peterb@iadb.org Public Information: (202) 623-1397 business@iadb.org The World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the Inter-American Development Bank have agreed to undertake with the governments of Honduras and Nicaragua a comprehensive assessment of…
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Contact: Cynthia Glocker, 323/954-8063 Que: Los Angeles - CARE, una de las organizaciones humanitarias más grandes en el mundo, será apoyada durante el torneo internacional a realizarse en el Coliseum de Los Angeles y desarrollado por la Confederación de Norte y…
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What: Los Angeles - CARE, one of the world's largest humanitarian organizations, will benefit from a soccer exhibition tournament at the Los Angeles Coliseum, sponsored by CONCACAF, the North and Central American Soccer Federation. The games will feature the national teams…
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By Doug Rekenthaler, DisasterRelief.org Tegucigalpa, Honduras, November 13, 1998 -- Two weeks after Hurricane Mitch took the lives of his four children, his wife and mother, Florentino Sanchez still has the shattered expression of a man in a state of…
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UN Hurricane Mitch Information Center General situation in Honduras As of November 6, an estimated 4.2 million people -- about 70% of the population -- are without water delivery services in Honduras. According to reports from the Center for Operations…
