Latin America has diminished poverty indexes but deep inequality gaps remain

Tuesday, October 4th 2011 - 06:59 UTC

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Latin America has experienced significant advances in the reduction of poverty but has barely improved the deep social inequalities that limit its development according to Heraldo Muñoz, head of the regional UN Program for Development. Read full article

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GeoffWard2
The UN Programme for Development.
REVELATIONS!

So the poor get a little less poor - by taxing the middle class more,
and the rich stay rich and get progressively richer.
This is indeed the most socially unequal region of the whole world.

And it is no secret that it is the most violent part of the world.

And no secret also that it is the land of tottering democracies, autocracies and self-seeking richly-corrupt 'politicians'.

Is this Mercopress's idea of NEWS????
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