Licorice is a plant. You are probably most familiar with it as a flavoring in foods, beverages, and tobacco. The root is used to make medicine. Licorice is used for various digestive system complaints including stomach ulcers, heartburn, colic, and ongoing inflammation of the lining of the stomach (chronic gastritis).icorice is LIKELY SAFE for most people when consumed in amounts found in foods. Licorice is POSSIBLY SAFE when consumed in larger amounts for medicinal purposes and when applied to the skin for a short amount of time.
Hundreds dead as torrential rain sweeps Central America. Tropical Storm Agatha swept across Central America yesterday, bringing torrential rain that killed more than 100 people and opened a 60m-deep sinkhole in Guatemala City which reportedly swallowed up a three-storey building.
The entire coastal plain on the Pacific coast with popular destinations like Monterrico, Puerto San Jose and Retalhuleu is part of the tropical climate zone, as well as eastern Guatemala, Rio Dulce, and the northern department of El Peten, where Tikal and Flores are located.hat is not the case, however. Large parts of Guatemala are very mountainous and climate depends much more on altitude than on latitude. While there are in fact areas with a tropical climate, there are others where nighttime temperatures can drop below freezing.