ECONOMIC INDICATORS UCA: 6 in 10 children and adolescents in Argentina are poor 16-05-2023 15:07 Data from UCA’s influential Observatorio de la Deuda Social indicates that some 8.2 million people aged under 17 were living in poverty at the end of 2022.
ECONOMIC INDICATORS INDEC: Poverty reached 39.2% of population in second half of 2022 30-03-2023 16:24 National statistics bureau report shows near three-point jump on first half of last year; Projected out to whole population, more than 17.6 million people are considered poor; More than half are aged under 14, with eight percent of population were living in extreme poverty.
POLITICS 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.
INTERNATIONAL DEBT United Nations: 54 poor nations urgently need debt relief 11-10-2022 12:56 United Nations Development Programme warns dozens of developing nations are facing a rapidly deepening debt crisis and that "the risks of inaction are dire."
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.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Juan Grabois: ‘If Cristina decides to run in 2023, I’m behind her’ 16-09-2022 16:00 Catholic social leader and lawyer Juan Grabois on the failed attack on the vice-president, political violence, hate speech and the gravity of the socio-economic situation in Argentina. by Jorge Fontevecchia
HELPING THE HOMELESS Recycled blankets and soup – volunteers help homeless as temperatures plummet 23-06-2022 23:16 Members of the Dando Una Mano and La Sachetera NGOs are providing vital assistance to the homeless in and around the capital as those living rough struggle against the freezing temperatures of the cold southern winter.
PRICE OF POVERTY Family needs almost 100,000 pesos a month not to be poor 23-06-2022 14:29 A typical family in Argentina needed to earn almost 100,000 pesos in May not to qualify as living in poverty, according to INDEC.
Brazil election 2022 Cash handouts are saving Brazil’s poorest — and Bolsonaro’s campaign 18-04-2022 16:56 Jair Bolsonaro trails in polls for Brazil's upcoming presidential election. The outcome may hinge on government subsidies in a nation riven by inequality.
EDITORIAL Picky with the pickets 09-04-2022 00:01 Civic patience in Argentina is being increasingly strained by escalating social protests.
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%.
ELECTIONS 2021 Economic hardships take their toll on stomachs – and society 12-11-2021 20:10 In La Boca and other disadvantaged neighbourhoods across the capital, soup kitchens have sprung up on almost every street corner, run by social movements with help from the state.
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.
POVERTY Study: 7 million children in Argentina live in impoverished households 04-08-2021 15:35 Around seven million, or 63%, of children aged under 14 in Argentina live in low-income households, with social vulnerability especially manifest in the north, a new study has revealed.
BUENOS AIRES CITY Almost half of porteños live in poverty or precariously 25-06-2021 22:48 City Hall data shows rise in poverty. City Hall figures includes all families earning below 97,000 pesos, not even covering the Canasta Total. Upper and middle classes have fallen by eight points over the last 15 months, even among formally employed many have slipped below poverty line.