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The following editorial was written by Andres Vallejo and published in Diario La Prensa on 10/26/09.
It seems incredible and is frightening that there are more than one billion undernourished people in the world, one hundred million more than last year. Instead of improving, the situation gets worse every day. One out of six [...]

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Lately, Honduras has been appearing a lot in the headlines. The political situation has been tense and volatile. At lunch I sit with three friends in a beachside restaurant, the television is tuned to CNN (Español), and all heads are turned towards the scene unfolding. Mel Zelaya, the ousted President, is at the [...]

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The most powerful aftershock to hit Honduras yet rattled the population at 11:13 p.m. local time on Sunday, June 7.  This tremor measured 5.7 on the Richter scale and its epicenter was only 20 miles northwest of La Ceiba in the Caribbean Sea between La Ceiba, home to Fundación Adelante’s headquarters, and the Bay Island [...]

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