Hunger has reached record levels in Haiti in the midst of the current spiral of violence in the depressed Caribbean country, the World Food Program (WFP) revealed this Thursday, warning that “at the current rate” the organization could run out of food reserves by the end of April. In a statement, the UN program said […]
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UN sees “paradox” in “hard core” of hungry people in Latin America
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) believes that it is a complete “paradox” that Latin America and the Caribbean, being one of the largest producers and exporters of food in the world, drags a “hard core” of 7% of hungry people in the region. The subregional coordinator for Mesoamerica and representative […]
There were wars, but none like this: writer describes hunger and rage in Gaza
People so hungry that they break into the warehouses of the UN to take what they find, children terrified by the noise of air raids, families who use sea water to wash and men who cut down trees in cemeteries to bake bread. In the morning, on days when the phones work, calls to relatives […]
UN: Latin America does not achieve objectives against hunger and food insecurity
Latin America is not on track to achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs) or the goals established by the OWorld Health Organization (WHO)related to hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition, several international organizations warned in the report “Latin America and the Caribbean, regional overview of food security and nutrition”released this Thursday. Despite some declines in the […]
The paradox of food in Colombia: waste with hunger
In Colombia 9.7 million tons of food are lost annually, while almost a third of households live in food insecurity serious or moderate, a paradox vindicated this Friday on the occasion of the “International day of awareness about food loss and waste.” “With the food we throw away in Colombia every year we could feed […]
Director of FAO in Latin America: “Hunger is not from the right or the left, it is hunger”
The deputy director general and representative for Latin America of the FAO, Mario Lubetkin, said in an interview with EFE that governments and heads of state, regardless of their political color, have to take charge of the food security agenda because “Hunger is not from the right or the left, it is hunger”. “Food security […]
Hunger grew by 30% in Latin America and the Caribbean since 2019, according to the FAO
The number of people suffering from hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean has increased by 30% since 2019 due to aspects such as the covid-19 pandemic, the climate crisis and the war in Ukraine. This was stated in an interview with EFE by the Deputy Director General and Regional Representative for Latin America and […]
Nearly 6.5 million Venezuelans suffer from hunger, according to a UN report
Nearly 6.5 million people suffer from hunger in Venezuela, according to the report “Regional Panorama of Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America 2022” prepared by several United Nations agencies and published this Wednesday. “In South America, Venezuela had the highest prevalence of undernourishment (22.9%), which in absolute numbers is equivalent to 6.5 million people”, […]
Hunger and obesity coexist in Latin America and the Caribbean, warns the FAO
The outbreak of COVID-19 and its consequences on family economies made it clear that in Latin America and the Caribbean hunger coexists with obesity and overweight, a problem that dates back years and was further complicated by the pandemic, warned the FAO. As a result of the pandemic, it was possible to show that, for […]
Hunger worsened in seven regions of Peru during the first year of the pandemic
During 2020, Global Hunger Index in Peru (IGH) reached 17 points, which represents a “critical state” not seen for seven years -16.7 points in 2014- reports the network Alliance 2015. The report specifies that the coastal departments are those that have had a greater negative impact (they went from 11.4 points in 2019 to 18.2 […]