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A woman holds her seven-month-old daughter who is being treated for malnutrition at a hosptital in Jalapa
27 Sep 2009
Source: Reuters
 
A woman holds her seven-month-old daughter who is being treated for malnutrition at a hosptital in Jalapa, Guatemala September 26, 2009. Guatemalan president Alvaro Colom declared a state of "calamity" over food supplies 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 AGRICULTURE HEALTH SOCIETY FOOD)
REUTERS/DANIEL LECLAIR


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Food and hunger
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A woman holds her seven-month-old daughter who is being treated for malnutrition at a hosptital in Jalapa, Guatemala September 26, 2009. Guatemalan president Alvaro Colom declared a state of "calamity" over ...


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