Santiago de Chile, Nov 7 (Prensa Latina) Latin America and the Caribbean, a region that has achieved good results in the struggle against hunger, has reported a slowdown in the past three years with little progress in mitigating a scourge that affects some 39 million people. 'Obesity is growing uncontrollably (...), the situation is frightening', Berdegue said in this capital, noting a paradox in the problem that makes the situation more complex.
The report, entitled 'Overview of Food and Nutritional Security in Latin America and the Caribbean 2018', was prepared jointly with the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Food Program (WFP).
Brazil, Cuba and Uruguay were the three nations in Latin America and the Caribbean with hunger rates lower than 2.5 percent of their population.
Argentina, Venezuela and Bolivia appear as the nations with the highest rates of malnutrition between 2014 and 2017, according to FAO.
Haiti, on the other hand, has the largest number of undernourished people with five million, equivalent to 45.7 percent of its population, but, ontradictorily, Haiti has reduced hunger in the past three years, as well as Colombia, Mexico and the Dominican Republic.
According to the study, 11 nations have managed to keep the number of undernourished people stable: Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay and Peru.