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UN: drought in Central America has pushed 2.5m people into food insecurity

2014-12-12 20:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Agence France-Presse: A drawn-out drought in Central America has pushed 2.5 million people in Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador into food insecurity, the UN warned Friday. The drought in the three countries is turning into a creeping humanitarian crisis, Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UNs humanitarian agency, told reporters in Geneva. Subsistence farmers, farm labourers and low-income families were especially at risk, with young children and pregnant women considered the most vulnerable, he said. A full...

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