A majority of Latinamerican children (63%) live in poverty conditions, claims UN

Thursday, June 24th 2010 - 04:32 UTC

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Almost 63% of Latinamerican and Caribbean children and adolescents suffer some kind of poverty determined by the impairments which affect the full exercise of their rights and the income level of their families, according to a joint report from the United Nations Economic Commission for Latinamerica and Caribbean and the UN Children’s Fund, Cepal and Unicef. Read full article

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harrier61
Anyone remember the South American poster who tried to compare UK and US “poverty” with that in South America?
Quiet isn't he?
Jun 24th, 2010 - 04:47 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Idlehands
Child poverty is of no importance when there are barren windswept archipelagos to seize.
Jun 24th, 2010 - 05:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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harrier61
With their GDP, Argentina must be on the bottom of the pile.

Argentina GDP ($m) 310,065 Pop. 40,134,425
United Kingdom GDP ($m) 2,183,607 Pop. 62,041,708
Jun 27th, 2010 - 05:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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