The Human Capital Ministry announced that the Army would distribute 5,000 tonnes of food sitting in government warehouses, a week after announcing it would not deliver them to soup kitchens. A story by the El Destape news website revealed the 5,000 tonnes of food and warned that some of the food was close to its expiration date. Since it took office, the government has not been delivering food to most soup kitchens. Social movements that oppose Milei’s administration run most soup kitchens, and their leaders claim that the decision to discontinue aid is an attack on them. “There is hunger and they are not delivering food!

Source: Bueno Aires Herald May 31, 2024 15:21 UTC