FAO warns of increasing hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean

One in 10 people live with hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean, a number that increased during the COVID-19 pandemic and may grow even more with the waves linked to new variants of the coronavirus and the low levels of vaccination, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.

The agency’s representative in Paraguay, Jorge Meza, said on Friday that one of the organization’s biggest concerns for next year is the unpredictable context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences on the undernourishment of the population.

FAO estimated that there are 60 million undernourished, hungry people, 14% more than last year.

Source: VOV5

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