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Guatemalan nationals who had been deported from the US cross the tarmac in front of a Venezuelan air force C-130 carrying food aid in Guatemala City
22 Sep 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Guatemalan nationals who had just arrived after having been deported from the US cross the tarmac in front of a Venezuelan air force C-130 carrying food aid in Guatemala City September 22, 2009. Guatemalan president Alvaro Colom declared a state of "calamity" over food supply in Guatemala, where a prolonged dry spell has reduced the harvest of staples like maize and beans by up to 50 percent. REUTERS/Daniel LeClair (GUATEMALA DISASTER HEALTH AGRICULTURE POLITICS)
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Politics of Aid Food and hunger
Guatemala

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