Latin American and European Leaders are currently meeting in Peru for talks on poverty and social inequality. On Tuesday, Peruvian Congressmember Luis Gonzales Posada called on rich nations to shift spending priorities.

Luis Gonzales Posada: “Thousands of children in Latin American die from hunger, malnutrition and the lack of primary medical care. Because of that, we feel that the millions spent on arms, the rise in gas prices that is destabilizing the economies of poor countries, climate change and terrorism are the new ills of the Apocalypse that is shaking Latin American and threatening our institutions.”