While Latin America's leftist leaders and even the Pope keep urging the West to give generously to the developing world to end poverty and curb migration, decades ago Asian states just "put on ...

Latin America Poverty Hits 33-Year Low but Inequality Prevails, UN Report Says By Fabian Cambero SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Latin American poverty levels in 2023 fell to a 33-year low, led by progress ...

Unbound, a nonprofit organization working in 16 countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America since 1981, is among those ...

In Latin America and the Caribbean some 200 million people live in poverty, with 82 million in extreme poverty, points out a report from the UN Economic Commission for the region, ECLAC.

Latin America is facing an escalating education crisis as school dropout rates continue to climb, affecting not only the region's poorest countries but also those with historically strong public ...

Children are among the worst affected by extreme poverty, which is rising across Latin America and the Caribbean. Here, a child walks through a favela in northeastern ...

Despite important advances over the first decade of this millenium, Indigenous Peoples in the Latin America region are disproportionately affected by poverty, and continue to face widespread economic ...

“Latin America is a stepchild,” says Representative ... some warn not to expect too much from this approach to fighting poverty, saying the region’s unequal education system must also ...

Latin America should matter to us beyond migration ... With over 2 million residents, Caracas is a city of great wealth and shocking poverty. High culture mixes with decay. Many of the buildings ...

Poverty wages have swollen the ranks of the ... just as it has improved the lives of workers in Europe and Latin America. The idea has been criticized by members of the business community, like ...

Poverty in Latin America decreased in 2023 to affect 27.3% of the population, down 1.5 percentage points from the year before and more than a 5-point drop from 2020, when economies were severely ...

SANTIAGO, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Latin American poverty levels in 2023 fell to a 33-year low, led by progress in Brazil, the United Nations' Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ...