Friday, February 08, 2013

National Emergency

Oh man... I’ll be in Guatemala City within the next few months and I didn’t realize that I’d be flying into a national emergency.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP)—Guatemala’s president declared a national emergency Friday over the spread of coffee rust, saying the fungus that has hit other Central American countries is affecting 70 percent of this nation’s crop.

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Posted by Owen at 2103 hrs
Foreign Affairs

  1. Not really a laughing matter, as coffee exports are the backbone of the Guatemalan economy.

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