Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Recovery efforts at a minimum in flood-soaked Guatemala

-Contributed by Erwin Cifuentes. The death toll remained at 652 person skilled in Guatemala as a result of torrential rain and flooding that also claimed the lives of over one hundred in several other Central American countries. Guatemala has urgently sought $21.5 million in aid from the UN, while UNICEF has sent emergency relief to Central America and southern Mexico.

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