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Pricey tortillas: LatAm’s poor struggle to afford staples

People gather in the Plaza de Mayo in a demonstration organized by social organizations representing the unemployed to protest against the government's economic policy, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Residents, some working on community construction projects, eat at a local soup kitchen in the Puerta de Hierro neighborhood, in La Matanza district of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Argentines have lived with double-digit inflation for years, but the latest increase in prices is causing more to rely on food aid. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) Women cook at a soup kitchen to feed residents in the Puerta de Hierro neighborhood, in La Matanza district of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Argentines have lived with double-digit inflation for years, but the latest increase in prices is causing more to rely on food aid. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd) A sign taped to a storefront advertises a slice of pizza and a soda for 6 U.S. dollars, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, May 12, 2022. A new tax law approved by the Venezuelan government, that went into effect in March, applies a 3% tax charge on transactions paid in foreign currency. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) A customer pays with a 200 peso bill (about 10 dollars) to buy meat at Medellin Market in Mexico City, Monday, May 9, 2022. Inflation in Mexico accelerated in April that brought the annual rate to 7.68%, the highest in two decades. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) An espresso cup is prepared at a restaurant in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, May 12, 2022. Coffee is among the products that rose in price recently, eroding the buying power of consumers and angering potential voters, who fault President Jair Bolsonaro. (AP Photo/Andre Penner) A woman walks past a fruit vendor at a street market in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. High inflation in Brazil is eroding the buying power of consumers and angering potential voters, who fault President Jair Bolsonaro for not doing enough about it. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) A worker packages tortillas to sell for 20 Mexican Pesos per kilogram, about one dollar, at a tortilla factory in Mexico City, Monday, May 9, 2022. Almost a year ago the same tortilla factory used to sell a kilo of tortillas for 10 Mexican Pesos. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) A vegetable vendor gives change to a customer at Medellin Market in Mexico City, Monday, May 9, 2022. Inflation in Mexico accelerated in April that brought the annual rate to 7.68%, the highest in two decades. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)