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Guatemala President Alvaro Colom declared a “state of calamity” because of food shortages. “I am making a fervent call to all of the country’s sectors to contribute to confronting this grave problem,” Colom said in a televised address. Inadequate rainfall and a slumping economy are blamed for the shortage.
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