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Solving the global food crisis
News, Michael Fakhri & Elisabetta Recine & Sofia Monsalve, Published on 26/06/2023
» When ex-Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro came to power in January 2019, one of his first acts in office was to abolish the National Food and Nutrition Security Council (Consea), a globally lauded body that had reduced food insecurity. It was a huge step back for the country, which the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) had removed from its "hunger map" in 2014.
Corporate capture of UN summit
Oped, Sofia Monsalve, Published on 23/09/2021
» When I visited my parents in Bogota last month, I witnessed how people in their neighbourhood went up and down the streets begging for help to survive. Since the end of April, Colombia has experienced one of its biggest waves of social unrest in recent times -- and hunger is at the core of the protests. South Africa experienced similar turmoil in July.