A majority of inhabitants who are hungry, children who die of it: climatic disasters and the Covid-19 pandemic have plunged Guatemala into one of the worst food insecurity situations ever known, the Defender was alarmed on Saturday. local human rights.
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The highest authority in this area in this poor Central American country, Jordan Rodas took part in a demonstration for World Food Day, organized under the aegis of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. (FAO).
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The outlook is bleak in Guatemala when it comes to the Millennium Development Goals, in particular the goal of ending hunger
” and reducing poverty by 2030, said Jordan Rodas.
16% of the approximately 17 million inhabitants suffer from malnutrition
The figures he cited speak for themselves: 16% of the approximately 17 million inhabitants suffer from malnutrition;
food insecurity seriously affects 18% of the inhabitants, and 45% more moderately.
According to UN data, nearly 50% of children under 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition, the worst rate in Latin America and 39 children under 5 have died of malnutrition since January.
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This is one of the biggest food and nutritional crises, caused by Covid-19 and climatic phenomena such as hurricanes Eta and Iota
" which killed dozens of people last year, destroyed subsistence crops and damaged many infrastructures, he added.
Jordan Rodas appealed to President Alejandro Giammattei to take "
aggressive and effective measures to guarantee the right to food of the population
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