More Than a Year After Its Launch, Mexican Hunger Crusade Raises Questions E. Eduardo Castillo - The Associated Press | |
go to original March 21, 2014 |
In this Feb. 11, 2014 photo, a man sits in a community kitchen dining area in Cochoapa El Grande, Mexico. The kitchen is supposed to open from Monday to Friday and provide free food for breakfast and lunch, but on this day no food was being prepared. (AP/Dario Lopez-Mills)
COCHOAPA EL GRANDE, Mexico — On a recent weekday afternoon, half a dozen children crossed the main square on their way home from school in this dusty farming town of 2,600 people high in the pine-covered mountains of southern Mexico.
Their bellies ached from malnourishment and their arms were as skinny as those of children half their 8 or 9 years of age.
A few feet away a menu pinned to the wall of a government-run kitchen promised cookies, eggs with meat, rice and juice. But the kitchen was closed and the five large tables were empty, with dozens of plastic chairs stacked against a wall. Residents said it had only been operating sporadically since it opened, with no explanation from the officials who were supposed to be running it.
More than a year after President Enrique Pena Nieto launched what he called a national crusade against hunger, the government says 3 million Mexicans are eating better. However, independent experts say that number is questionable and the crusade against hunger appears to be doing far less than advertised.
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