poverty

Poverty grew in Uruguay mostly affecting children

Published on: March 31, 2022
09:05

Montevideo, Mar 31 (Prensa Latina) Poverty grew in Uruguay in the second half of 2021, mostly affecting children under six years of age, according to the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

UNICEF, World Bank warn about bleak outlook for poorer families

Published on: March 10, 2022
17:46

United Nations, Mar 10 (Prensa Latina) A new study by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Bank on Thursday said the world is currently facing up a bleak prospect, and the poorest families are sinking even deeper into poverty.

Haitian government sets wage increase below expectations

Published on: February 21, 2022
09:42

Port-au-Prince, Feb 21 (Prensa Latina) The Haitian government today set at 685 gourdes per day (about 6.67 dollars) the salary of textile employees, who for two weeks have been demanding a minimum of 1,500 gourdes (14.60 dollars).

More than half of UK´s black children live in poverty – Labour

Published on: January 3, 2022
14:57

London, Jan 3 (Prensa Latina) More than half of black children in the UK are currently growing up in poverty as a result of structural racism in the country, according to the Labour party research.

Poorest states of Mexico are concentrated in the south

Published on: December 21, 2021
12:33

Mexico, Dec 21 (Prensa Latina) The National Council of Assessment of the Policy of Social Development (Coneval) recognized there is a concentration of poverty in the south of Mexico, particularly in Oaxaca, Chiapas and Guerrero.

UN warns of extreme poverty in Myanmar

Published on: December 1, 2021
09:10

Naypidó, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) warned here today about the risk of extreme poverty in Myanmar.

African nations request help to fight poverty

Published on: November 23, 2021
16:29

Addis Ababa, Nov 23 (Prensa Latina) African ministers and officials have asked the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) to tackle down on poverty during the post-Covid-19 time.

Pandemic aggravates vulnerability of elderly in Angola

Published on: November 5, 2021
10:51

Luanda, nov 5 (Prensa Latina) Effects of the economic crisis and the Covid-19 pandemic aggravated the vulnerability of many elderly people in southern Angola, expert Mário Domingos, estimated today in accordance with government evaluations.

Egypt’s poverty rate falls

Published on: October 19, 2021
11:19

Cairo, Oct 19 (Prensa Latina) Egypt's poverty rate fell 2.8 percent during the 2019-2020 fiscal year, recording 29.7 percent of the population, the state's statistics agency CAPMAS revealed on Tuesday.

Cuban foreign minister calls for a new financial system

Published on: October 17, 2021
09:52

Havana, Oct 17 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez on Sunday reaffirmed that eradicating poverty and saving the world depend on creating an 'honest, equitable and humane' financial system, as historic leader Fidel Castro pointed out.

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