News of extreme poverty

Government offers food bonus to destitute as price crisis bites

20-10-2022 23:32 Sergio Massa, Fernanda Raverta confirm adults without income will be eligible for 45,000-peso bonus to help meet nutritional needs amid deepening inflation crisis.

Poverty in Argentina

Around 5.5 million children in Argentina living in poverty

29-09-2022 02:11 Child poverty affected 50.9% of Argentina’s population in the first half of 2022, according to the Permanent Household Survey (EPH) by the INDEC national statistics bureau.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Poverty reached 36.5% in the first half of 2022

29-09-2022 02:05 According to government data, almost four out of every 10 people in Argentina are considered poor; More than half of children aged up to 14 years old live in poverty, with 5.3 million nationwide in extreme poverty.

BLOOMBERG – ANALYSIS

Poverty remains above pre-pandemic level in early 2022

29-09-2022 02:00 Argentina's poverty rate remained above pre-pandemic levels in the first half of this year as high inflation eroded benefits of country's economic recovery.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Poverty fell to 37.3% in the second half of 2021

31-03-2022 15:55 Just over 37% of the population were living in poverty in the second half of 2021 – a drop of three points compared to the first half of the year, according to official data.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

UCA: 65% of children in Argentina living in poverty

08-12-2021 09:45 According to UCA’s Social Debt Observatory, 43.8% of the country’s population was considered poor as of last October, a drop of almost a point on the previous year’s total of 44.7%.

POVERTY

Poverty in Argentina reached 40.6% in first half of 2021

01-10-2021 21:00 INDEC data shows extreme poverty in Argentina rose to 10.7% of population by end of June; Poverty rate down 1.4 percentage points from the second half of 2020.

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN warns of worst 'cascade of human rights setbacks in our lifetimes'

21-06-2021 11:16 UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet decries worst global deterioration of rights seen in decades, highlighting situations in China, Russia and Ethiopia, among others.

Poverty

Pandemic and economic crisis pushes poverty rate up to 42%

31-03-2021 19:50 More than four in 10 Argentines were living in poverty in the second half of 2020, INDEC national statistics bureau reveals – the highest level since 2004.

Poverty

UN: Pandemic pushed LatAm extreme poverty to 20-year high

04-03-2021 13:41 Number of poor people in the region rose by 22 million in 2020 to 209 million. ECLAC calls for "new welfare state."

News of extreme poverty

Government offers food bonus to destitute as price crisis bites

Around 5.5 million children in Argentina living in poverty

Poverty reached 36.5% in the first half of 2022

Poverty remains above pre-pandemic level in early 2022

Poverty fell to 37.3% in the second half of 2021

UCA: 65% of children in Argentina living in poverty

Poverty in Argentina reached 40.6% in first half of 2021

UN warns of worst 'cascade of human rights setbacks in our lifetimes'

Pandemic and economic crisis pushes poverty rate up to 42%

UN: Pandemic pushed LatAm extreme poverty to 20-year high

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