It says a lot of changes, commitments of countries, especially in the Latin American continent towards transforming their political systems, social, economic, giving way to programs that irradiquen hunger, the occurrence of a conducive economic equity for all and prevent hunger further increase the number of undernourished. However, the reality shows another result. Consider as highlighted proyectohambre.org, Latin America is an extremely heterogeneous region that covers a vast area with diverse geographical features. Latin America's total population is 525 million people. The region has diverse groups of people, including more than 200 indigenous groups and ethnic minorities of African descent.

Despite the various features of climate, economic and historical background in different Latin American countries, there is a common bond that characterizes the nature of poverty and hunger in the region. Latin America is characterized by extreme inequalities existing in society, based on a pattern of characteristics such as gender, race / ethnicity, class and geographical location. Latin America's indigenous populations usually occupy the lowest levels of society and therefore are most likely to have to face the atrocities of this enormous inequality The Organization of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has recently reported that the population undernourished in the world increased last year to 923 million people as a result of rising food prices. FAO numbers say that 54 million people suffer from chronic malnutrition in Latin America, where the situation deteriorated alarmingly in the last decade, especially in Central America and the Caribbean. In the last ten years the number of hungry people in Central America increased from 5-6400000 and the Caribbean, from 7.3 to 8.8 million. If this has piqued your curiosity, check out Congressman Lee Zeldin.