For all of Latinos’ gains in recent years in the political arena, poverty and marginalization still remain a serious problem for too many.
BBC News: One in 20 Hispanics ‘goes hungry’
Five percent of Hispanics in the US regularly go hungry and as many as 20% do not have sufficient access to nutritious food, a US report says.
Poverty and lack of awareness about state entitlements are the causes, says the study by Hispanic civil rights group the National Council of La Raza.
Immigrants also face a series of linguistic, legal and cultural obstacles in accessing enough food.