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Assist International in Guatemala:
The wealthiest 10% of the population receives almost one-half of all income; the top 20% receives two-thirds of all income. As a result, about 80% of the population lives in poverty, and two-thirds of that number --or 7.6 million people-- live in extreme poverty. Guatemala's social development indicators, such as infant mortality and illiteracy, are among the worst in the hemisphere. Chronic malnutrition among the rural poor worsened with the onset of the crisis in coffee prices.
Assist in Guatemala: March 2003
[more details are coming soon.]
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Area: 42,042 sq. mi.; about the size of Tennessee
Capital: Guatemala City (metro area pop. 2.5 million)
Population: 12.3 million
Government: Constitutional Democratic Republic
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