Mapeamento das conexões entre fome e pandemia na América Latina

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in several impacts, among them the increase in food insecurity worldwide. Despite hopes that the world would recover quickly from the pandemic, food insecurity numbers continued to rise in some regions. Latin America is a historically fragile region, marked by the consequences of extractive colonialism, as a dependent economy focused on commodity exports and unregulated labor. In this scenario, what are the consequences of a global economic recession, rising food prices, and disruption of global supply and production chains in this region? In addition to the increase in poverty, unemployment, and the need for social assistance, it's the elevation of hunger. This work seeks to map the connections between the pandemic and hunger, analyzing whether there are international elements that interfere with these connections. Through the data from International Organizations, such as the United Nations and the Economic Commission for Friedman's Food Regimes Theory and Gudynas' Neoextractivist Theory.