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GUATEMALA

Capital
Guatemala City

Area
108,889 square km (1 km = 0.62 miles), bounded by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the south and El Salvador, Honduras and Belize to the east.

Language
Spanish is the main official language. Twenty-three indigenous languages are also spoken and officially recognised.

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PHOTOS: World on high alert over swine flu


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MAP: Global projected land use changes, 1700-2050

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MAP:GLOBAL projected changes in agricultural productivity 2080 due to climate change, incorporating the effects of carbon fertilization
Projected losses in food production due to climate change by 2080. Based on a consensus estimate of 6 climate models and two crop modelling methods, Cline (2007) concluded that by 2080, assuming a 4.4 ...

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MAP: Global malaria 2008

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thumb for MAP: GLOBAL FEWS NET Food Security Outlook - October 2008 to March 2009 20 Feb 2009 12:38:00 GMT
MAP: GLOBAL FEWS NET Food Security Outlook - October 2008 to March 2009

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NGO latest

•  Saving a Child’s Life in Africa
AmeriCares

•  Food Shortage in Guatemala Affects Millions
AmeriCares

•  Fighting Breast Cancer
AmeriCares

•  Millions Devastated by Deadly Drought In Guatemala
ADRA - International

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Jobs

•  Country Director, Guatemala (216878-927)
Mercy Corps

•  Country Operations Manager (216862-927)
Mercy Corps

•  Public Health Promoter – Humanitarian Support Professional (HSP) (Oxfam GB)
Oxfam GB - UK

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Related links


RELATED WEBSITES IN ENGLISH:

  • Guatemalan Embassy in the US

  • Amnesty International

  • Central America Report

  • justiceforgenocide.org -- legal cases against former dictators

  • Historical Clarification Commission (CEH) report

  • LANIC - University of Texas resources

  • Links on volcanic and seismic activity

  • Out of the Dump project

  • Photographs of exhumations of massacre grave sites

  • Rights Action (formerly Guatemala Partners)

  • Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)

    PAGINAS DE INTERNET EN CASTELLANO:

  • Equipo Nizkor - Derechos Human Rights

  • Inforpress Centroamericana

  • Instituto Nacional de Estadística

  • Instituto de Nutrición de Centro América y Panamá (INCAP)

  • Misíon de Verificación de las Naciones Unidas en Guatemala (MINUGUA)

  • Prensa Libre


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