Guatelama Declares "State of Calamity"In the face of starvation in the country, President Alvaro Colom declared a "state of public calamity".Thursday, September 10, 2009
The declaration enables the country to access international aid and make use of resources from the national budget with less paperwork, clarified President Colom. Source: elnuevodiario.com.ni ¿Busca soluciones de inteligencia comercial para su empresa?Colom forces Guatemala's farmers to grow basic grainsJune 2008 President Alvaro Colom has stirred controversy in Guatemala by invoking a 1974 law that obliges people with large landholdings to use at least 10 percent of them for the cultivation of basic grains. Aid offered in food crisisMay 2008 The Inter-American Development Bank on Tuesday announced a $500 million line of credit for Central America in hopes of heading off food-price unrest. Guatemala presents measures to rein in prices risesMay 2008 Alvaro Colom, the Guatemalan president, announced measures to soften the blow of increases in fuel and food prices. Summit on food crisis ends in acrimonyMay 2008 A regional summit on the world food crisis ended in acrimony. The summit was attended by presidents or senior representatives of Mexico, some Central and Caribbean countries and the members of the Venezuelan-led Boliviarian Alternative for the Americas (ALBA).
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