MADRID, Sep 23 (IPS) – Have you eaten today – or are sure you will? The answer depends on where you were born and where you live now. If you are Spanish or live here, you likely did or will, provided that you are not one of this European country’s 900.000 inhabitants who face some sort of hunger, malnutrition or undernourishment.
Read the full story, “A World of One Billion Empty Plates”, on globalissues.org →

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