大數量人自殺 - 墨西哥的Tarahumara印第安人難忍嚴重的飢餓危機

墨西哥的Tarahumara印第安人難忍嚴重的飢餓危機
Mexico's Tarahumara Indians suffering grave hunger crisis
Los Angeles Times
January 16, 2012
Translation by Autumnson Blog

REPORTING FROM MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's Tarahumara Indians, legendary for their endurance in long-distance running, are reeling from a devastating food shortage caused by a record freeze and long drought, officials say.
來自墨西哥城 - 墨西哥的Tarahumara印第安人以他們的耐力長跑成為傳奇，被一場由創紀錄的冰凍和長期乾旱造成的毀滅性糧食短缺所撓起，官員說。
The Mexican Red Cross and regional and federal government agencies mobilized Monday to send emergency supplies to the mountains in the northern state of Chihuahua, where the Tarahumara live, usually in rudimentary conditions.
墨西哥紅十字會和區域及聯邦政府機構，週一動員發送緊急物資給通常是簡陋條件下生活在奇瓦瓦北部州山區的Tarahumara。
Part of the outpouring of help came after reports circulated of the mass suicide of 50 or more members of the community, desperate and despondent over not being able to feed their families. The reports of suicide were quickly denied by state government officials (link in Spanish).
部分倒水般的幫助出現在流傳的報導後，有50位或更多的社區成員因為對未能養家糊口絕望和沮喪而集體自殺。自殺的報告很快就被州政府官員否定（西班牙語鏈接）。
But the hunger is real.
但飢餓卻是真的。
Even in the best of times, the Tarahumara live on the sustenance farming of corn and beans. Parts of Chihuahua, however, have endured for months the most severe drought in 70 years and, more recently, a hard freeze.
即使是在最好的時候，Tarahumara倚賴玉米和豆類的寄託農業生活。但是，奇瓦瓦州的部分地區已經持續忍受70年來最嚴重的乾旱幾個月，及在最近有一場艱難的冰凍。
The Red Cross said it was delivering 220 tons of food and aid, plus 10,000 pieces of heavy clothing. The national government through its social development agency and the office of the mayor of Mexico City were sending money, blankets and thousands of food packages, many donated by citizens (links in Spanish).

Six people from the Tarahumara community have died of malnutrition in recent weeks, the peasant organization El Barzon told La Jornada newspaper (link in Spanish).

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/01/mexico-tarahumara-indians-famine.html