FAO: inflación de los alimentos de la región alcanzó 1.3% en marzo

Inflación de marzo duplicó la de febrero debido a aumentos en las tasas de México, Venezuela, Chile, Perú y República Dominicana, señaló la FAO.

Santiago de Chile, 10 de mayo de 2013– La inflación mensual de los alimentos(*) de la región alcanzó 1.3 % en marzo, un nivel dos veces mayor que el del febrero, señaló hoy la FAO.

GUATEMALA - Con el objetivo de apoyar a las familias del área conocida como “corredor seco” y “corredor seco extendido”, los gobiernos de Brasil y España han unido esfuerzos y entregaron 456.5 TM de arroz proveniente de Brasil al gobierno de Guatemala a través del Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA).

Las familias afectadas han perdido cosechas y otros medios de vida luego del último período de canícula extendida.

Most of the disasters were a result of regular rainy seasons in South America, cold weather in Central America and drought in North America. Bolivia and Peru were hit hardest.

CPJ’s 2013 Impunity Index spotlights countries where journalists are slain and the killers go free

NEW YORK

Rocked by militants in the north and politically inspired aggression nationwide, Nigeria has become one of the worst nations in the world for deadly, unpunished violence against the press, the Committee to Protect Journalists has found in its newly updated Impunity Index. The global index, which calculates unsolved journalist murders as a percentage of each country's population, also found soaring impunity rates in Somalia, Pakistan, and Brazil.

28 April 2013
Jerusalem

Brazil’s major rice producing state, Rio Grande do Sul, through the Federal Government of Brazil, has donated 11.500 metric tons of rice stocks to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). The announcement was made in Jerusalem’s Shufa’at refugee camp today by Rio Grande do Sul Governor, Tarso Genro. “I am delighted to be here among the Palestinian refugees who will benefit from this food produced in my state.

According to the Ministry of Health, 132 deaths have been registered as a result of dengue in Brazil during the first trimester of 2013. Active dengue cases have increased by approximately 279% compared to the same period in 2012.

During the first three months of this year, 635.161 infected people have been registered, of which 1.417 are considered severe cases, as per the latest report issued by the Ministry of Health.

This 12th issue contains a dual focus: First, we explore the role of the private sector in combatting trafficking in persons and other contemporary forms of slavery. To this end, we offer a brief overview of the evolution of the notion of corporate social responsibility: what are its origins; why are private companies today increasingly concerned with it, and; what is being done about trafficking?

En conjunción a la entrega formal de una donación de más de 8,000 toneladas métricas de arroz para su uso en las comidas escolares, el Embajador de Brasil en Honduras, Zenick Krawctschuk, participó en un evento simbólico, al que también asistieron la Ministra de Desarrollo Social, Hilda Hernandez; el Ministro de Agricultura y Ganadería, Jacobo Regalado, y el Representante del PMA Miguel Barreto.

Alrededor de 3.000 personas están aisladas en la localidad brasileña de Angra dos Reis en la madrugada del domingo después de que el principal puente que une la localidad costera de Angra dos Reis con las ciudades colindantes se derrumbase por las intensas lluvias caídas en los últimos días.

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