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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.
30 August 2022 | Press Release

Making Progress on Social Protection in Latin America and the Caribbean is More Urgent than Ever
Government authorities, international officials and specialists participated in the opening session of the Second Regional Seminar on Social Development, organized virtually by ECLAC in collaboration with various institutions.
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25 August 2022 | Announcement

Authorities and Specialists Will Debate Virtually about Social Security Systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
On August 30-September 1, the Second Regional Seminar on Social Development will take place online, organized by ECLAC in collaboration with various institutions.
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.
9 June 2020 | Press Release

Building Back Better after COVID-19 Necessitates Doing So with Equality and Sustainability: ECLAC
The organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a high-level international event on inequalities and the informal economy during and after the pandemic.
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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.
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25 June 2018 | News

Public Officials from Uruguay Receive Training on National Accounts and Social Outlays
The course was organized by ECLAC’s office in Montevideo, in the framework of an agreement with that country’s Ministry of Social Development.
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.
14 de August de 2017 | Fact sheet

Los sistemas de protección social, la redistribución y el crecimiento en América Latina
Resumen del artículo publicado en Revista CEPAL N° 122, agosto de 2017. Autores: José Antonio Ocampo y Natalie Gómez-Arteaga
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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.
20 de June de 2014 | Statement

Día Mundial de los Refugiados
"Rendimos homenaje a la fortaleza y resiliencia de los más de 50 millones de personas de todo el mundo que se han visto obligadas a huir a causa de las guerras, las persecuciones y los abusos de los derechos humanos", dice Ban Ki-moon, Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas.
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.
10 December 2013 | Statement

Human Rights Day
This year's observance marks 20 years since the adoption by the World Conference on Human Rights of the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, remembers in his message the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
29 May 2013 | Statement

International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
"United Nations peacekeeping is increasingly called on to deploy multi-dimensional operations to help countries transition from conflict to peace", says the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
3 May 2013 | Statement

World Press Freedom Day
"As we mark World Press Freedom Day, let us pledge to do our utmost to enable all journalists in all media to do their jobs", says the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.
11 May 2012 | Press Release

The Regional Agenda on Equality Requires the Inclusion of Older Persons in Social Protection Systems
The number of older persons in Latin America will exceed that of children in 2036.
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.
3 de October de 2011 | Speech

Vigésima Primera Reunión de Jefes de los Organismos Nacionales Encargados de Combatir el Tráfico Ilícito de Drogas en América Latina y el Caribe
Por Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Ejecutiva de la CEPAL

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