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There are a lot of dead people. The roads are blocked. The shelters are overflowing. We need water, food, clothes, blankets — but above all, money. ERICK DE LEON, governor of Chimaltenango, Guatemala.
Tuesday, Jun. 01, 2010

Open quoteThere are a lot of dead people. The roads are blocked. The shelters are overflowing. We need water, food, clothes, blankets — but above all, money. Close quote

  • ERICK DE LEON,
  • governor of Chimaltenango, Guatemala, on the destruction left by the season's first tropical storm, which killed at least 150 people in Central America
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