As hunger spreads under lockdown, Guatemalans and Salvadorans raise white flag
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Strict coronavirus lockdowns in Guatemala and El Salvador have so battered local economies that hundreds of families are flying white flags outside their homes or waving them in the street: not in surrender, but to seek food and assistance.