From Zero Hunger to severe food shortages, Brazil braces for hard times
Brazil is grappling with severe food insecurity, which is characterised by the inability to eat for a whole day; while moderate food insecurity means that a person is concerned or uncertain about future access to food, or the quality of food they can access is compromised. “For the past few...
After spells of food security, Brazil’s growing numbers of hungry people worries WFP
Not long ago hailed for its exemplary efforts to reduce hunger, Brazil is seeing a marked deterioration in its food security indicators as the economic fallout of Covid-19 deepens and a growing number of people struggle to afford a nutritional diet amid government aid cuts. Considered an upper middle-income country,...
Gang violence, lawlessness and leadership vacuum in Haiti thwart emergency aid
Haiti’s volatile security situation is crippling aid operations in the Caribbean country, where the humanitarian needs of some 4.4 million people were rising even before President Jovenel Moïse’s assassination, with some 214,000 in the capital alone thought to be in need of emergency assistance. Turf wars between police and gangs...
