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Rescue efforts have now ended following the devastating landslide that hit the community of El Porvenir, 95 miles west of Guatemala City, on 13 September. Thirty-one people, including four families, lost their lives when heavy rain and flooding sent…
Guatemala
Guatemala City (dpa) - At least 35 people were killed in Guatemala when a bus travelling on the Inter-American highway near the border with Mexico plunged into a ravine a day earlier, according to reports on Monday. A spokesman for…
Guatemala
Recipient: Clinica San Gaspar/Tucuru Hospital Shipment Date: 9/23/2002 Value: $52,329 Guatemala is one of the poorest countries in Central America, with 75 percent of its general population living in conditions of poverty, with little or no access to health care services. The…
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San Jose (dpa) - The leaders of Central American countries gathered in Costa Rica on Thursday looking for ways to solve the region's hunger crisis, which has deeply worsened during the last year. At the summit in the capital San…
Guatemala
On September 12, heavy rainfall in the community of San Lucas Toliman in Guatemala caused a landslide that killed 28 people, half of whom were children. Many others were wounded or are still missing. The hillside that suffered the…
Guatemala
WFP Press Briefing - Geneva Following the massive landslide which killed 30 people last Thursday (12 Sept) in Guatemala, WFP is carrying out a rapid needs assessment with UNICEF and government agencies. WFP is providing therapeutic food in the area for…
Guatemala
Un alud de lodo y piedras sepultó la noche del jueves 13 de Septiembre 2002 viviendas de la comunidad de El Porvenir, cuya población era de 459 habitantes y que se encuentra ubicada en el municipio de San Lucas…
Guatemala
FECHA Y HORA LOCAL: 18 - SEP - 02, Hora: 13:00 PREPARADO POR: La Oficina del Coordinador Residente / Humanitario en colaboración con PMA, PNUD y UNICEF - Guatemala. SITUACIÓN: Naturaleza de la emergencia: El día jueves 12 de septiembre del 2002, alrededor…
Guatemala
GUATEMALA CITY, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Guatemalan authorities said on Monday the death toll from Thursday's mudslide that washed away half a Mayan coffee-farming village near the highland tourist mecca of Lake Atitlan had risen to at least 31. Five…
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September 16, 2002, Baltimore, MD - Heavy rainfall in the highlands of western Guatemala caused flooding and landslides that leveled a hillside in the community of El Porvenir, 95 miles west of Guatemala City. The homes of more than…
