Peru
U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT BUREAU FOR DEMOCRACY, CONFLICT, AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (DCHA) OFFICE OF U.S. FOREIGN DISASTER ASSISTANCE (OFDA) Note: The last fact sheet was dated August 17, 2007. KEY DEVELOPMENTS Aftershocks continued for six days following the magnitude 8.0 earthquake that…
Peru
By Yadira Pacheco - Communications Coordinator, Peru A woman points to the destruction of her home in the Longar community of Peru's Ica region. This part of the country, located south of the capital city of Lima, bore the brunt…
Peru
Ayuda por el sismo del pasado miércoles. (Lima. Martes 21 de agosto de 2007) Tras el sismo del pasado 15 de agosto, el gobierno peruano precisó la ayuda que requiere en estos momentos de la cooperación internacional, que se resume…
Peru
12:00 hours Situation 1. At 11:40:58 PM UTC/GMT (Greenwich time) 6:34:56 PM local time on August 15th, an earthquake measuring 7.9 degrees in the Richter scale struck in the Department of Ica. The epicenter was 25 miles (61 kilometers) west-northwest of…
Peru
El relator de la ONU sobre derecho a la vivienda, Miloon Kothar, expresó hoy solidaridad con las víctimas del terremoto en Perú y destacó que esas personas "tratan de reconstruir sus vidas y de sobrevivir a la pérdida de…
Peru
Lima_(dpa) _ Victims of last week's earthquake in Peru have again criticised the state-coordinated aid operation, local media reported Tuesday. Distribution of food and other aid supplies is concentrated in the centres of the affected cities of Ica, Canete, Pisco and…
Peru
Washington, D.C. (21 de agosto de 2007) - El Secretario General de la Organización de los Estados Americanos (OEA) y el presidente de la junta directiva de la Fundación Panamericana para el Desarrollo (FUPAD), José Miguel Insulza, anunció el día…
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By Lisa Schlein United Nations aid agencies say the distribution of humanitarian assistance to victims of Peru's devastating earthquake remains problematic. But they say the situation is beginning to ease. Lisa Schlein reports for VOA from Geneva. Nearly a week after…
Peru
Quito, 21 de agosto de 2007.- El Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores, Comercio e Integración, informó de que este martes arribó a Pisco, Perú, un segundo avión de la Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana con la ayuda humanitaria destinada a los damnificados…
Peru
The Humanitarian Aid team of six experts sent to Peru after the violent earthquake on 15 August is continuing its mission in the Pisco and Ica region south of Lima. In tandem with emergency measures, it is already preparing…
