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INSIDECOSTARICA.COM
| CENTRAL
AMERICA NEWS | Friday
28 October 2011 |
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El
Salvador
Seeks
International
Aid
to
Face
Disaster
The
Salvadoran
Government
continues
a
diplomatic
offensive
in
New
York
and
in
the
Swiss
city
of
Geneva
to
collect
funds
to
reconstruct
the
country
after
10
consecutive
days
of
heavy
rain
in
this
capital,
according
to
official
reports.
In
the
capital,
the
Government
and
the
United
Nations
will
call
for
international
humanitarian
aid
for
the
nearly
300,000
victims.
Salvadoran
President
Mauricio
Funes
emphasized
that
the
magnitude
of
the
damage
caused
by
the
overflowing
of
rivers,
floods
and
landslides
in
10
percent
of
the
national
territory
is
beyond
the
State´s
capacity
to
address.
A
Salvadoran
request
equivalent
to
15.7
million
USD
was
presented
on
Tuesday,
according
to
Elisabeth
Byrs,
spokesperson
of
the
United
Nations
Office
for
the
Coordination
of
Humanitarian
Affairs.
The
official
noted
that
those
funds
would
be
allocated
to
cover
the
necessities
of
300,000
people
until
April
2012.
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