The goal is to reach “zero hunger” across Latin America, said Andres Allamand, a former Chilean minister and the current Ibero-American secretary general. | AFP
Growth projections for Latin America are below two percent, and the cost of a basic healthy diet is the highest in the world — $3.89 per day per person, compared with $3.19 in North America and Europe.“Access to healthy food should be a right, not a privilege for a few,” Bolivian President Luis Arce said, stressing the impact of climate change on food production.
“The Ibero-American countries will work as one bloc to negotiate better conditions,” Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader said. Chilean President Gabriel Boric, meanwhile, also called for greater coordination in tackling the region’s migration crisis, and Colombian President Gustavo Petro proposed organizing a summit focused specifically on the issue.Leaders also discussed the need to address the humanitarian crisis in Haiti, where violent gangs have killed around 530 people and kidnapped another 300 since January, according to the UN.
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