Spanish response to Covid poverty was too little, too late, report says

Spanish response to Covid poverty was too little, too late, report says Human Rights Watch says pandemic exacerbated weaknesses in country’s social security system the Guardian

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It notes that data from Spain’s main food bank network shows a 48% increase in the amount of food distributed in 2020 compared with the previous year, leading to the highest levels of food aid provided since 2014, when the global financial crisis pushed the country’s unemployment rates to above 25%...