The media reported an accumulation of food in US warehouses due to a reduction in international aid.

Due to the reduction in international aid from the United States, food rations are accumulating in warehouses around the world, which would be enough to provide at least 3.5 million people. This was reported by the Reuters news agency on Friday, May 16.

Sources say that food supplies are stuck due to cuts at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and are at risk of expiration. Humanitarian rations can deteriorate and become unusable in just a month, the agency points out.

According to humanitarian workers, the curtailment of USAID's activities disrupted the distribution of aid. This is especially dangerous, since the reduction of aid by US President Donald Trump is taking place against the background of an increase in the level of hunger in the world.

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On March 28, Reuters reported that the remaining USAID employees would be laid off in July and September. According to the newspaper, the administration of US President Donald Trump informed Congress that it would cut almost all remaining jobs at USAID, as well as close the agency.

At the same time, the head of the State Department, Marco Rubio, announced his intention to reorganize USAID by July 1. On March 10, Rubio announced that Washington was officially closing 83% of USAID programs. According to him, tens of billions of dollars were spent within the framework of 5,200 canceled contracts in ways that do not meet the basic national interests of the United States.