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Poverty May 27, 2015 | 12:20 pm

UN says Dominican Republic reduces hunger: EFE

Rome.- UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) general director Jose Graziano da Silva on Wednesday said Latin America shows that social protection developed by the region is an ally to reduce world hunger, EFE reports.

The report names Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic and St. Vincent and the Grenadines as reducing malnutrition rates in the period covered by the report.

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