Huge cocaine seizure off Guatemala’s coast

admin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:32:18 +0000

RIA Novosto reports the following: “A mini-sub with 10 metric tons of cocaine onboard has been seized some 180 miles of the coast of Guatemala in the country’s largest ever drug seizure, Mexican media reported on Friday.

Guatemalan Interior Minister Raul Velasquez said the drug was seized on Wednesday in a joint operation by U.S. anti-drug officers and Guatemalan military.”

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Not enough rain, not enough food in Guatemala

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:23:54 +0000

[Miami Herald]– Victoria Lopez cradles her 2-year-old granddaughter Jennifer, whose chubby cheeks, bloated legs and stunted growth make her look much younger than healthy children her age.

“She just sits there — she doesn’t move,” Lopez, 39, said as she rocked the toddler in her arms. “She’s two and not even walking yet.”

Jennifer’s condition is not unique among children in the hills of Guatemala’s so-called dry corridor along the Pacific. The country’s worst drought in 30 years has destroyed 80 percent of the region’s crops and claimed the lives of more than a dozen children so far this year.

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Huge cocaine seizure off Guatemala’s coast

Not enough rain, not enough food in Guatemala