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Guatemala has been struggling with a food shortage, which was declared "a state of calamity" on Tuesday. Thousands of families are extremely short of food due to the weather conditions. The government estimated about 400,000 families who are suffering, but hopefully with the 20 tons of nutritional cookies that the World Food Program distributes, the families will pull out of this calamity.

Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared "a state of public calamity" late Tuesday to help mobilize funds and resources to confront a food shortage that will affect thousands of families.