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11-08-2007, 09:25 PM
UN food expert praises Cuba's ability to feed its people (http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20071108T150000-0500_129146_OBS_UN_FOOD_EXPERT_PRAISES_CUBA_S_ABIL ITY_TO_FEED_ITS_PEOPLE.asp)
Thursday, November 08, 2007
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) - A United Nations food expert hailed Cuba as a world model in feeding its population, some 18 years after the collapse of the Soviet Bloc ravaged the island's economy and sparked widespread hunger.
Jean Ziegler, who has been the United Nations' independent investigator on "the right to food" since 2000, spent 11 days in Cuba on a fact-finding mission, meeting with top officials and chatting up farmers, state managers and ordinary Cubans waiting in line for food allotted by ration cards.
"We haven't seen even one malnourished person" - a rare feat in much of poverty-stricken Latin America, Ziegler said Tuesday. "The right to being fed is the priority, without a doubt."
Despite a 46-year US embargo against the communist-run island, Cuba has found ways to ensure its population does not go hungry, Ziegler said. "Cuba always invents an answer," he noted.
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
HAVANA, Cuba (AP) - A United Nations food expert hailed Cuba as a world model in feeding its population, some 18 years after the collapse of the Soviet Bloc ravaged the island's economy and sparked widespread hunger.
Jean Ziegler, who has been the United Nations' independent investigator on "the right to food" since 2000, spent 11 days in Cuba on a fact-finding mission, meeting with top officials and chatting up farmers, state managers and ordinary Cubans waiting in line for food allotted by ration cards.
"We haven't seen even one malnourished person" - a rare feat in much of poverty-stricken Latin America, Ziegler said Tuesday. "The right to being fed is the priority, without a doubt."
Despite a 46-year US embargo against the communist-run island, Cuba has found ways to ensure its population does not go hungry, Ziegler said. "Cuba always invents an answer," he noted.
Click Here To Read Entire Article (http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/html/20071108T150000-0500_129146_OBS_UN_FOOD_EXPERT_PRAISES_CUBA_S_ABIL ITY_TO_FEED_ITS_PEOPLE.asp)
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