News of food security

World Food Programme head warns of 'biblical' famine without action

30-06-2021 11:41 At the G20 Conferance, head of the World Food Programme David Beasley appealed for US$6 billion to prevent a "famine of biblical proportions" caused by pandemic-exasperated food shortages.

Environment

WTO deal 'doable' to stop subsidies that lead to over-fishing

11-05-2021 13:48 After two decades of talks at the World Trade Organization towards banning subsidies that contribute to over-fishing, Colombian ambassador Santiago Wills said Tuesday that a deal could be within reach.

Agriculture

Argentine crop-monitoring app SIMA takes off with NASA's help

28-04-2021 00:01 Team behind the SIMA Monitoreo de Cultivos crop-monitoring app eyes further growth across Latin America after partnering with NASA.

Life in quarantine

Hungry neighbours cook together as virus roils Latin America

19-06-2020 19:56 Economic shutdowns have forced poor Peruvians, Argentines and tens of millions of others to fall back on community-based food kitchens, unseen in large numbers since crises like Peru’s 1990s civil war or Argentina’s financial crash two decades ago.

Poverty

New UCA report puts Argentina's poverty level at 40.8%

06-12-2019 15:06 Some 16 million Argentines now below the poverty line, with 3.6 million living in extreme poverty, reports UCA's Observatorio de la Deuda Social.

News of food security

World Food Programme head warns of 'biblical' famine without action

WTO deal 'doable' to stop subsidies that lead to over-fishing

Argentine crop-monitoring app SIMA takes off with NASA's help

Hungry neighbours cook together as virus roils Latin America

New UCA report puts Argentina's poverty level at 40.8%

Authorities in Argentina order isolation of cruise ship amid Omicron fears

2001 to 2021: Ticking time bomb

Rape trial against actor Juan Darthés begins in Brazil

Gruesome killing of five-year-old Lucio Dupuy shocks Argentina

Uruguay sack coach Tabárez after record-breaking 15-year run

Máximo Kirchner llamó a marchar el 10D con Alberto, Cristina y Lula: "Hay que reventar Plaza de Mayo"

Duro golpe para Lousteau y Yacobitti: perdieron el comité nacional de la Juventud Radical

Quién es Valeria Pavón, la correntina que le quitó a Lousteau el control de la Juventud Radical

Fin de ciclo K

El discurso de Victoria Donda en la ONU tuvo escasos asistentes, pero fue tendencia en redes