The neoliberal discourse proposed, among other things, to put an end to the cyclical crises of the capitalist system, giving way to a scenario of permanent progress for all humanity. Juan Diego García That is why one of its central measures was to reduce the role of the […]
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What a difference a week makes
I arrived at the Palestine Museum of Natural History / Institute for Biodiversity and Sustainability, housed in the buildings and grounds of an old convent, on Sunday 1st October, after a slightly more complicated and wearing journey than expected, due to a broken-down plane at Luton Airport. Johnnie Byrne […]
Inequality as a cause of hunger and famine
More than 42 million inhabitants of Latin America and the Caribbean suffer from hunger. This is around 6.5% of their population, totalling 662 million. Persistent inequalities deepen food insecurity for the population who are in a situation of poverty. Sergio Ferrari Today hunger is greater than during pre-Covid […]
Food insecurity and malnutrition in Latin America
In the Latin America and the Caribbean region, healthy eating costs more than anywhere else on the planet. Sergio Ferrari Between 2020 and 2021, the cost of eating a healthy diet in the region increased by 5.3 per cent due to food inflation driven by the pandemic […]
Israel-Gaza war: Condemning the intention of genocide
Up until the closure of this current edition, 1.7 million Palestinians from the Gaza Strip have been forced to abandon their land, belongings and lives as a result of the attacks committed by the Israeli army. This was reported by several non-governmental organisations who consider this forced displacement “to […]