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Drought leaves up to 2.81 mln hungry in Central America - U.N.
Why is this is the first I've heard about this catastrophe? I guess we'd have heard about it sooner if it had hit the coffee crop too, driving up the price of a Starbuck's latte by 50 cents. Instead it's just poor brown people starving, so nobody up here really cares very much. We have too many cheating celebrities to keep an eye on, I guess. 
Drought leaves up to 2.81 mln hungry in Central America - U.N.
(Reuters) - A severe drought has ravaged crops in Central America and as many as 2.81 million people are struggling to feed themselves, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, though the region's coffee crop has been largely unscathed.
The drought, which is also affecting South America, has been particularly hard on the so-called "dry corridor" of Central America, which includes southern Guatemala, northern Honduras and western El Salvador.
Guatemala declared a state of emergency after 256,000 families lost their crop.
Pea, green bean and broccoli farmers estimate losses of 30 to 40 percent of their crop.
However, none of Central America's four other major coffee producers - Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua - have revised their output forecasts for the coming season due to the drought.
(Reuters) - A severe drought has ravaged crops in Central America and as many as 2.81 million people are struggling to feed themselves, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) said on Friday, though the region's coffee crop has been largely unscathed.
The drought, which is also affecting South America, has been particularly hard on the so-called "dry corridor" of Central America, which includes southern Guatemala, northern Honduras and western El Salvador.
Guatemala declared a state of emergency after 256,000 families lost their crop.
Pea, green bean and broccoli farmers estimate losses of 30 to 40 percent of their crop.
However, none of Central America's four other major coffee producers - Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Nicaragua - have revised their output forecasts for the coming season due to the drought.
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