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23 November 2023 | Press Release

Poverty in Latin America Returned to Pre-Pandemic Levels in 2022, ECLAC Reports with an Urgent Call for Progress on Labour Inclusion
Despite this improvement in the indicators, more than 180 million people in the region do not have enough income to meet their basic needs and 70 million of them lack the income needed to acquire a basic food basket, the Commission warns in its report Social Panorama of Latin America and the Caribbean 2023.
25 January 2022 | Press Release

Extreme Poverty in the Region Rises to 86 Million in 2021 due to the Deepening of the Social and Health Crisis Prompted by the COVID-19 Pandemic
In its annual report Social Panorama of Latin America, ECLAC estimates that the number of people living in extreme poverty rose by around 5 million between 2020 and 2021. The United Nations organization calls for moving towards universal, comprehensive, sustainable and resilient social protection systems.
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11 May 2020 | Announcement

New Report by ECLAC Will Address the Social Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Latin American and Caribbean Countries
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will present the document at a virtual press conference tomorrow, Tuesday, May 12, from the institution’s central headquarters in Santiago, Chile.
20 December 2017 | Press Release

Poverty Increased in 2016 in Latin America and Reached 30.7% of the Population, a Percentage Seen Holding Steady in 2017
In Mexico today ECLAC launched its report Social Panorama 2017, which includes an update to the methodology used to estimate monetary poverty in the region.
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18 December 2017 | Announcement

In a New Report, ECLAC Analyses Trends in Regional Poverty and the Situation of the Pension Systems in Latin America
The United Nations organization will unveil its report Social Panorama 2017 at a press conference in Mexico on Wednesday 20 December.
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11 de August de 2015 | News

Nuevo libro de la CEPAL aborda avances de la protección social en América Latina
Publicación se presenta en seminario en la sede del organismo de las Naciones Unidas en Santiago, Chile.
3 de June de 2014 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena y ministra Villegas abogan por impulsar un sistema de protección social con enfoque en derechos
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL y la titular del Ministerio de Desarrollo Social de Chile, María Fernanda Villegas, inauguraron hoy un seminario sobre protección social.
29 November 2013 | Press Release

ECLAC Will Launch Social Panorama of Latin America 2013
The annual report, which will be presented by Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena, provides a multidimensional view of poverty.
11 November 2013 | Statement

International Week of Science and Peace
"Science offers many answers to shared threats and many innovations that can help us seize common opportunities", says the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, in his message.
28 October 2013 | Speech

Meeting to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Declaration on Security in the Americas
By Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC
12 August 2013 | Press Release

Latin American and Caribbean Countries Will Discuss New Population and Development Agenda beyond 2014
This is a people's agenda to raise the profile of excluded sectors: children, older adults, women, indigenous people, Afro-descendent people and migrants.
3 July 2013 | Press Release

OAS Highlighted Effect of Drugs Problem on the Pillars of Development
Secretary-General of this organization, José Miguel Insulza, emphasized that crime and violence limit democracy and freedom.
29 March 2012 | Press Release

"Rio+20 Is an Opportunity to Redefine the Vision of Future Development"
Alicia Bárcena participated in a regional debate on the progress and challenges towards a more sustainable and inclusive development, chaired by the Deputy-Secretary-General of the Organization at the UN Headquarters.
29 November 2011 | Press Release

Poverty and Indigence Levels Are the Lowest in 20 Years in Latin America
The Organization predicts that the region will close this year with three million people less living in poverty.