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Friday, July 30, 2010
Heavy rains have damaged a 350-mile jungle road that links Guyana and Brazil and threatened to cut off food and fuel supplies to communities in that region.
Some bus operators have suspended service while others are traveling with heavy wooden planks to build makeshift bridges over flooded areas.
The government has sent crews to repair craters on one of the South American countrys main highways, but warned it could take several days because it is raining incessantly.
Mr Clarendo Lucas, administrative chairman of the peanut-growing and cattle-ranching Lethem region stated that it is getting crucial and big buses and trucks were advised not to risk it.
He warned that communities could face shortages of rice, sugar and other supplies that normally come from the coast if the rains persist and if repairs are not made.
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