On the day that a mass soup kitchen protest snarled traffic in the nation’s capital, drawing attention to the rising numbers of people living in poverty here, the UN said that one in eight live in extreme poverty globally. “This translated to one in eight people worldwide living in extreme poverty in 2012. Despite a significant drop from 2002 to 2012, the UN warned that 13 percent of the global population still remain mired in extreme poverty. Wednesday, July 20, 2016 Extreme poverty affects 1 in 8 globallyUN says Latin America leads the way in tackling hunger, but warns over high homicide ratesThe number of people living in extreme poverty across the world has halved over a 10-year period, a report by the United Nations declared yesterday. According to the Sustainable Development Goals Report, the proportion of the global population living below the extreme poverty line dropped by half between 2002 and 2012, from 26 to 13 percent.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald July 20, 2016 02:48 UTC