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Poverty Rates in Latin America Remain Above Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Warns

The Social Panorama 2022 report projects that 201 million people (32.1% of the region’s total population) live in situations of poverty, with 82 million (13.1%) of them in extreme poverty. The regional organization calls for urgently addressing the silent crisis in education to avert the risk of a lost generation.