Food Inflation: a Key Challenge To Sustain the Achievements of Latin America and the Caribbean By Máximo Torero Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.

Máximo Torero Cullen is Chief Economist of FAO and Regional Representative ad interim for Latin America and the Caribbean Sep 30 2025 (IPS) - Just a few years ago, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of families in Latin America and the Caribbean did not know whether they would have enough food for the next day. The shutdown of economies, massive job losses, and the sharp rise in prices pushed food insecurity to levels not seen in decades. https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/09/food-inflation-a-key-challenge-to-sustain-the-achievements-of-latin-america-and-the-caribbean/?utm_source=email_marketing&utm_admin=146128&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Climate_Finance_Will_Be_the_First_Casualty_of_Rising_Militarism_Nuclear_Testing_Threats_are_Returnin Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service.