Rapports

ROME -- As the devastation from Hurricane Mitch continues to mount, the United Nations World Food Programme is poised to step up its emergency food aid deliveries to four Central American countries, the food relief agency reported today. WFP officials…

Mercy Corps staff in Honduras and Nicaragua fanned out across the region today, distributing food and plastic sheeting and assessing the monumental damage. Chet Thomas, Mercy Corps' Country Director in Honduras, says the disaster is the worst in the region's modern…

Evacuaciones masivas, puentes semidestruidos, casas arrasadas y cultivos perdidos, son algunos de los daños visibles desde el aire, que el fenómeno causó a su paso por esos dos departamentos. Carlos Ajanel Soberanis Es mediodía y el clima…

Community Aid Abroad is asking Australians for donations to help central American countries devastated by Hurricane Mitch. The hurricane's week long path of destruction has hit Honduras and Nicaragua (two of Latin America's poorest countries) particularly hard as well as causing…

(Geneva) - Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr George Alleyne, its Regional Director for the Americas (WHO/AMRO), and representatives of the five central American countries devastated by Hurricane Mitch today called for international support…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Tracy Geoghegan (202) 637-6206 E-mail: tlg@partners.poa.com A special relief fund has been set up by Partners of the Americas to help the people of Central America and Mexico recover from Hurricane Mitch, one of the largest hurricanes…

The death toll in the Hurricane Mitch disaster in Central America has soared with 5,273 confirmed deaths in Honduras alone and 11,085 people missing presumed dead, Trócaire stated yesterday. Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala and El Salvador have been devastated by the…

Ottawa - Canada will provide humanitarian assistance to help Central American victims of Hurricane Mitch, the Honourable Diane Marleau, Minister for International Cooperation and Minister responsible for La Francophonie announced today. "Hurricane Mitch has devastated Central America, killing thousands of people,…

News Release No. 99/1988/LAC Contact: Monica Echeverria-Cota, (202) 473-1315 WASHINGTON, November 3, 1998 The World Bank today announced its response to the devastation facing Central America in the wake of Hurricane Mitch. In addition to offering assistance and mobilizing staff in…

By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Devastated Honduras appealed for help and set a curfew to stop looters while rescuers throughout Central America continued to dig for up to 7,000 dead on Monday after one of century's…