TICO TIMES
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.
Poverty remained stable at 30.2 percent of the population —184 million people— but extreme poverty increased from 9.9 percent in 2016 to 10.2 percent, or 62 million people, it said.
“The proportion of people living in extreme poverty continues to increase, continuing the trend
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