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1. -10-11-05 Global Aid for Guatemala (MSNBC News)
   "Authorities abandoned efforts Tuesday to recover bodies from a deadly landslide and turned to international agencies to help feed, clothe and treat the tens of thousands of residents who lost everything in a week of deadly rains and floods."
   
   "The government Monday night issued an urgent call to the United Nations, seeking $21.5 million in aid because its own emergency response funds would not be enough to cope with the crisis."
   
   "Several countries already have offered to provide assistance to Guatemala, including flood-stricken Mexico. Sweden has donated $5 million, and Spain, France and Taiwan have sent aid shipments."
   
   "The United States has delivered 5,000 hygiene kits, 5,000 blankets, 15,000 gallons of drinking water and 11,000 gallons of fuel to victims in Guatemala, officials said. U.S. helicopters shuttled food and water to isolated villages and a medical unit from the Arkansas National Guard also was preparing to go to the region." 10-05

2. -10-11-05 U.S. Aid for Guatemala Approved (Fox News)
   "Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld approved the dispatch of military helicopters, food and other aid to help Central American nations inundated by massive mudslides mount recovery operations." 10-05

3. Sinkholes in Guatemala City (Time.com)
   "After a weekend of heavy rain brought on by tropical storm Agatha, the Guatemalan government posted this picture of a giant sinkhole that opened without warning in the country’s capital of Guatemala City."
   
   "The sinkhole, which runs some 200 ft. deep, swallowed a three-story building and left one man missing when it opened on Sunday, according to the Daily Mail." 06-10

4. Guatemala (Excite Travel)
   "A relatively high level of violent crimes are committed against foreigners in Guatemala, so travellers should always be alert to potentially dangerous situations. Incidents of bus- and car-jackings are quite common, and Guatemala's larger cities can be dangerous after dark." 10-05

5. Guatemala (CountryReports.org)
   Provides limited information on the republic. 10-05

6. Guatemala (Wikipedia.org)
   Provides extensive information on the republic. 10-05

7. Guatemala (CIA.gov)
   Provides extensive information on the republic. 10-05

8. Guatemala (InfoPlease.com)
   Provides extensive information on the republic. 10-05

9. Rulers by Country - G-I (Schulz)
   Provides a list of leaders by country and date. Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Iran, Israel, and Italy. leaders, rulers, Presidents, and Prime Ministers 9-00

10. -Editorial: Hillary Clinton the Activist (DailyKos.com)
    "Anabella De Leon of Guatemala pointed to Hillary Clinton, who was sitting right in the front row, and said, “I met her and my life changed.” And all weekend long, women from all over the world said the same thing:"
    
    " 'I’m alive because she came to my village, put her arm around me, and had a photograph taken together.' "
    
    " 'I’m alive because she went on our local TV and talked about my work, and now they’re afraid to kill me.' "
    
    " 'I’m alive because she came to my country and she talked to our leaders, because I heard her speak, because I read about her.' "
    
    " 'I’m here today because of that, because of those stores. I didn’t know about this. I never knew any of it. And I think everybody should know. This hidden history Hillary has, the story of her parallel agenda, the shadow diplomacy unheralded, uncelebrated — careful, constant work on behalf of women and girls that she has always conducted alongside everything else a First Lady, a Senator, and now Secretary of State is obliged to do.' " 02-16

11. Central America - Travel Information by Location (Excite.Travel.com)
    Provides information on dining, where to stay, and interesting things to see. Search by city, state, or country. Includes Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. 3-02

12. -10-09-05 Villages Buried in Mud Slides, Become Mass Graves (BBC News)
    "Diego Esquina, the mayor of Panabaj, said his village 'will no longer exist'."
    
    " 'We are asking that it be declared a cemetery. We are tired, we no longer know where to dig,' he said." 10-05

13. Honduras History and Culture (Wikipedia.org)
    Provides information on the history, culture, and geography. "The Republic of Honduras is an independent country in western Central America, bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the south west El Salvador, to the south east by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean, to the north by the Gulf of Honduras and the Caribbean Sea. Belize (formerly 'British Honduras') is 75 km away across the Gulf of Honduras."10-05

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