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Hunger and Obesity on the Rise in Latin America and the Caribbean for Third Year in a Row

by Caribbean 360

“For the third consecutive year there is bad news” for Latin America and the Caribbean, where the numbers of hungry people have increased to 39.3 million people or 6.1 per cent of the population, says Julio Berdegué, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) regional representative.

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