Floods spark Guatemala food crisis

Al Jazeera English 2012-07-23

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Two months of torrential downpour in Guatemala have severely damaged the country's food supplies.

Corn and maize crops have been destroyed, and more than 100,000 people are relying on emergency food rations of cooking oil, beans, and soy flour. Overflowing rivers have also contaminated wells, making drinking water scarce.

Al Jazeera's Kimberly Halkett reports from Nueva Conception.

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