Flooding Leaves Bolivians Homeless and Hungry

Flooding in Bolivia has engulfed entire towns and villages, and has affected more than 40,000 households. It's left residents hopeless, muddy and hungry. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) AFFECTED FLOOD VICTIM, RODOLFO MAYE, SAYING: "The most urgent need is food and water for the entire community and we need our animals to be moved to higher places." For now, aide helicopters are the only hope for some villagers -- and the Bolivian military doing what it can to reach out to those hit hardest. ...

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