International Community
Delivers Humanitarian Aid To Guatemala
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GUATEMALA - The United States
announced on Monday it would donate 112,000
U.S. dollars as humanitarian aid to aid
Guatemala for the damages caused by storm
Agatha which claimed at least 109 lives.
The United States said in a statement that
the U.S. government would also dispatch
rescue and search helicopters to Guatemala.
The money, donated by the U.S. Agency of
International Development and the aid
assistance program of the South Command,
will be used for food and fuel for the
emergency vehicles, and purchase of sanitary
equipment and supplies, among others.
Meanwhile, the World Bank announced that it
would offer an emergency loan of 85 million
dollars to Guatemala. It also offered
technical assistance to evaluate the damages
and disasters and reconstruction management
in the Latin American country.
The governments of France, Colombia and
Mexico and the Organization of American
States have also offered their aid to
Guatemala.
Agatha whipped Guatemala for 18 continuous
hours during the weekend. It damaged at
least 11,000 buildings. The Guatemalan
government has opened 40 gathering centers
in the country to receive food, blankets and
other aid. |
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