News of extreme poverty

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."

Global pandemic

Up to 150 million could join extreme poor, warns World Bank

07-10-2020 15:40 Up to 150 million people could slip into extreme poverty, living on less than US$1.90 a day, by late next year, says World Bank.

Poverty

Pandemic’s impact laid bare as poverty rises to 40.9%

30-09-2020 19:33 INDEC national statistics bureau says poverty rose to 40.9 percent in the first half of year, with more than 18 million people in Argentina considered poor.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

35.5% of Argentines were living in poverty at end of 2019, says INDEC

01-04-2020 23:01 Some 16 million people were considered to be living below the poverty line at the end of 2019, according to official data published Tuesday.

Poverty

New UCA report puts Argentina's poverty level at 40.8%

06-12-2019 15:06 Some 16 million Argentines now below the poverty line, with 3.6 million living in extreme poverty, reports UCA's Observatorio de la Deuda Social.

ELECTION 2019

Alberto Fernández launches plan to tackle hunger in Argentina

07-10-2019 17:55 Presidential hopeful unveils 'Argentina sin Hambre' programme with criticism of Macri administration. Candidate will seek to bring together officials, representatives from companies and leaders of social organisations in order to tamp down prices.

POVERTY

UCA predicts poverty rate will reach '39% or 40%' by end of 2019

01-10-2019 13:34 Head of Catholic University's influential Social Debt Observatory issues warning after INDEC data published Monday showed 35.4% of Argentines are considered poor.