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As Corn Withers, Farmers Starve

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports from Honduras on the effect that the severe drought in Central America has had on crops. The government's help has been minimally effective, and even with support from aid groups like the Red Cross, peasants are pressed to figure out how to survive until the next harvest.

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