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- From: Christic Institute <christic@igc.apc.org>
- Subject: Urgent Comunication Nicaragua
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.221327.24935@mont.cs.missouri.edu>
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- /* Written 2:16 pm Sep 3, 1992 by codehuca in cdp:carnet.alerts */
- /* ---------- "Urgent Comunication Nicaragua" ---------- */
- COUNTRY: NICARAGUA
- No. 8
-
- URGENT COMMUNICATION
-
- OCEAN EARTHQUAKE ON PACIFIC COAST OF NICARAGUA
-
-
- The Commission for the Defense of Human Rights in Central America
- (CODEHUCA), addresses international solidarity groups and financial
- agencies to ask for material support for the victims of the
- September 1, 1992 earthquake.
-
- Once again, Nicaragua is touched by a natural phenomenon.
- Yesterday, September 1 at 7:25 p.m., an earthquake registering 7.3
- on the Richter scale shook this impoverished nation, affecting the
- Pacific Coast and provoking 12 deaths and 40 missing persons until
- this moment.
-
- The quake, whose epicenter was located off the coast in front of
- the principal port city of Corinto, 140 kilometers from the capital
- city of Managua, affected the communities of Masachapa, La Boquita,
- Pochomil, Poneloya, Jiquilillo and the port of San Juan, bordering
- on Costa Rica.
-
- The inhabitants of the affected zones are fishermen and belong to
- the informal sector of the economy, and the affected communities
- are located in the poorest areas of the country.
-
- For these reasons, CODEHUCA urges your solidarity with the
- Nicaraguan people and requests that all collaborations and
- donations be canalized through the NICARAGUAN CENTRE FOR HUMAN
- RIGHTS (CENIDH).
-
- CENIDH
- Apartado 4402
- Street Address:
- Texaco Montoya 11/2 al Sur. B' ALtagracia
- Managua, Nicaragua
- Fax 5052 668405
- Tel. 668405 / 668940 / 22563
-
- Note: This urgent communication is based on information from the
- Costa Rican news media since we are unable to communicate with
- Nicaragua.
-
- San Jos, Costa Rica
- September 2, 1992.
-
-