Mexican helps to fight hunger in Africa with the cactus

When Mexican researcher Jesús Fuentes Rodríguez arrived in Eritrea, Africa; the authorities told him not to go out at night, not to walk alone and not to carry jewelry, cameras or credit cards. "They even gave me a guard that was very uncomfortable," he recalls. The war between Ethiopia and Eritrea was over but armed people were still on the streets.

Although the two regions are arid, Eritrea does not compare with Saltillo, his hometown. Very close to Asmara, the capital of the country, there are stretches of desert that combine with green hills covered with wild herbs . . .

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