Reports

From WEEKLY NEWS 07/99 When Hurricane Mitch ravaged Honduras last November, Ana Rosa Torres, her husband Jose Luis and their five children were not left with much. Like so many Tegucigalpa residents they lived in a small house built on…

Hurricane Mitch wiped out a third of Honduras' staple cereal and bean crops, and about 40 percent of its plantain and cooking banana harvests, according to an FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission. Hundreds of…

Tempisque in Valle province -- a tiny settlement at the end of a road only just passable by four-wheel-drive vehicles. Fifteen families still picking up the pieces after Hurricane Mitch swept over them last year, severing their normal links…

WASHINGTON -- Ongoing U.S. assistance for countries affected by Hurricane Mitch will include a high-level trade mission for business executives, and technical aid to improve weather forecasting, Commerce Secretary William Daley said February 3. A team of Commerce Department experts who…

Washington, DC, February 3, 1999- The Pan American Health Organization is seeking to mobilize some $30 million for regional health, nutrition, and food projects to help the Central American countries affected by Mitch, said Dr. Irene Klinger, Chief of…

By Eric Green USIA Staff Writer WASHINGTON -- The hurricane-ravaged countries of Central America and the Caribbean stand to benefit from new legislation in the U.S. Senate. At a February 3 news conference at the Capitol, a bipartisan group of sponsors of…

SPECIAL REPORT FAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO HONDURAS 29 January 1999 ° 1. OVERVIEW ° 2. GOVERNMENT RESPONSE AND THE MACROECONOMIC SITUATION ° 3. FOODCROP PRODUCTION IN 1998/99 ° 3.1 Cereals and beans °…

WASHINGTON -- U.S. assistance to hurricane-ravaged countries in Central America has moved beyond initial relief efforts and into the rehabilitation phase, say two senior officials who recently visited the region. The next phase -- reconstruction -- will take three to five…

By Jane A. Morse USIA Diplomatic Correspondent WASHINGTON -- The United States is committed for the long term in helping the Central American countries devastated last October by Hurricane Mitch to "reconstruct and transform" themselves, say two senior U.S. officials. At…

News Release No. 99/2091/LAC Contacts: Monica Echeverria (202) 473-1315 - Lee Morrison (202) 458-8741 WASHINGTON, January 28, 1999 - The World Bank has approved a US$10.4 million International Development Association (IDA) credit to ensure the successful and effective completion of the existing…