Hunger crisis hits Peru, where COVID-19 deaths per capita are highest in the world
ABC News
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of families in Latin American and the Caribbean are dealing with hunger and in Peru, the situation is particularly dire.
The COVID-19 pandemic spread across South America at an alarming rate in 2021, with the death toll surpassing one million in Latin America and the Caribbean in May, according to the Pan American Health Organization.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, the prevalence of hunger is now at 9.1% -- the worst rate in 15 years, according to a United Nations report published in 2021.
According to the report, the prevalence of hunger in Latin America and the Caribbean increased by 2% between 2019 and 2020, with 59.7 million people in the region suffering from hunger.
In a small neighborhood outside the Peruvian capital of Lima, Olinda Huamani, who is a single mother of three, has struggled to feed her children.
