News of poor poverty

Study: Residents of villas die 11 years earlier than general population

25-09-2025 15:54 Analysis by Centro para la Integración Sociourbana (CISUR), based on official data from Argentina's 2022 National Census, highlights lower number of adults and elderly people living in impoverished zones.

LIVING IN ARGENTINA

Boom or broke: Milei’s shake up splits nation along financial lines

21-07-2025 06:20 One half travels overseas and shops, but the other half of the country can't pay the bills – welcome to Javier Milei’s Argentina.

ECONOMIC WOES

'The stressed' – Argentina's ‘Non-poor’ who can’t reach the end of the month

04-07-2025 06:58 The INDEC national statistics bureau does not consider them poor, but millions of Argentina can’t make it to the end of the month; New study by UCA’s poverty watchdog shines light on those living under “economic stress”

by Agustina Bordigoni

SOCIETY

Child poverty on rise in northwest and northwest of Argentina

24-06-2025 14:18 Child poverty as measured by UCA watchdog dropped from 58.8% to 52.8% nationwide between second halves of 2023 and 2024. But the drop was uneven and, in some parts of Argentina’s north, the situation even worsened.

by Agustina Bordigoni

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Government dismisses responsibility for jump in poverty rate

27-09-2024 19:44 Government officials point finger at “20 years of populism and destruction” after INDEC reveals poverty rate rose to 52.9 percent in the first half of the year.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Poverty has no limit in Argentina

22-06-2024 05:28 Argentina’s food crisis and the profound reasons for structural decay. How we reached the current state of emergency, from the Kirchners to Milei.

by Alejandra Daiha

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

UNICEF: 7 out of 10 children live in poverty in Argentina

12-03-2024 17:16 Approximately 8.6 million kids under the age of 18 live in low-income households or in environments where they are deprived of their rights, reports local branch of UN agency dedicated to children.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Poverty hit 20-year high of 57.4% in January, says UCA body

18-02-2024 10:21 Prestigious UCA Social Debt Observatory says poverty is at 20-year high: 57.4%, equivalent to 27 million people, are now considered poor in Argentina. Extreme poverty affects 15%, some seven million people.

by Gonzalo Martínez

News of poor poverty

Study: Residents of villas die 11 years earlier than general population

Boom or broke: Milei’s shake up splits nation along financial lines

'The stressed' – Argentina's ‘Non-poor’ who can’t reach the end of the month

Child poverty on rise in northwest and northwest of Argentina

Government dismisses responsibility for jump in poverty rate

Poverty has no limit in Argentina

UNICEF: 7 out of 10 children live in poverty in Argentina

Poverty hit 20-year high of 57.4% in January, says UCA body

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