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Guatemala

Articles about Guatemala


05/09/2007: Hurricane Felix
On Tuesday, September 4, 2007, Hurricane Felix made landfall in north-east Nicaragua and coastal Honduras with wind speeds of up to 260 km/h (162mph), before weakening into a tropical storm. Hurricane Felix was the second Category 5 hurricane to pass through the Caribbean the past two weeks. Read more...


02/05/2007: Partners: Political space
In Guatemala, DanChurchAid cooperates with organisations working for peace and reconciliation and for improving the respect for human rights – in society at large as well as in the legal system. The Political Space programme in Central America is focusing on access to justice. Read more...


02/05/2007: Partners: Food security
DanChurchAid is working with partner organisations on food security issues in Guatemala. At different levels, they are all dedicated to rural development and sustainable agriculture, and in the recent past have begun working more with advocacy. Read more...


30/03/2007: Access to justice
In Guatemala, DanChurchAid is working with the programme ”Access to Justice” which is related to the right to equality before the law and the battle against impunity. Read more...


20/06/2006: The right to adequate food
In Guatemala, DanChurchAid works to improve food security by combining advocacy efforts for better rural development policies at the national level with local mobilisation and technical support to small-scale landholders and landless farmers in rural areas. Read more...


24/05/2006: Advocacy in Central America
Sustainable development in Central America will only be achieved through overcoming the structural barriers obstructing the rights of poor, marginalised and oppressed people to assert their basic rights to food, health, education and a life in dignity. Read more...


11/05/2006: Disaster preparedness
Most of Central America is highly exposed to extreme natural phenomena such as cyclones, floods and droughts, which are regularly occasioning disaster situations, especially in poorer and more remote areas. Read more...


18/04/2006: Rebuilding after Stan
Six months has passed since heavy rains from Hurricane Stan lashed the whole Central America region, affecting Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico and Nicaragua, and causing extensive flooding and mudslides. Read more...