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 (ECLAC) said in a report on ...

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) reports that poverty in Latin America fell to a historic low of 27.3% in 2023. This marks a 1.5% decrease from 2022 and a 5% decline ...

Extreme poverty in Latin America hit its highest level for nine years in 2017, according to a report by the UN's Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) published on Tuesday.

Key facts. The report "Afro-descendants in Latin America" highlights that Afro-descendants in Latin America are 2.5 times more likely to live in conditions of chronic poverty.Even with the same level ...

“We are far above the level of violence that would be predicted given the region’s level of poverty and inequality. We then have to ask why the region has so much organized crime, and why is it so ...

Overall, a total of 26-38% of jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean could be exposed to Generative AI. Generative AI could result in a productivity-enhancing transformation of 8-14% of jobs, with a ...

After years of tilting rightward, Latin America is hurtling to the left, a watershed moment that began in 2018 with the election of Andrés Manuel López Obrador in Mexico and could culminate with ...

But there is good news in Latin America and the Caribbean. The number of people in the region opening their first account has been growing faster than the global rate.