In just one year - from 2019 to 2020 - the number of hungry people there has increased by 30%, or 13.8 million people, according to the UN Regional Review of Food Security and Nutrition.
In total, 59.7 million people are currently suffering from hunger in the region, the highest percentage since 2000.
The worst situation is in Central America. In Guatemala, about half of the population is short of food. El Salvador and Honduras are just behind it, with 47% and 46% of the population starving respectively.
As explained in the article, in addition to the threat to human health from the coronavirus, the pandemic caused by it has led to certain economic consequences, in particular food shortages for humans.
Months of quarantine and travel restrictions have affected, among other things, those who do their work informally. For such people, not working one day means that they will have little food the next day.
At the same time, according to the United Nations, the problem of hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean is more acute among women than among men, as food shortages are hitting the most vulnerable in society.
For example, in 2020, approximately 42% of women and 32% of men had moderate or severe food insecurity. The report says the gap has been steadily widening in recent years, rising from 6.4% to 9.6% in the first year of the pandemic.
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