says Latin America is wealthier but unequal A global report from the U.N. Development Programme says that in order to face up to protests, including those in Latin America, governments must address inequality not just in income, but also education, technology and environmentLatin America has significantly reduced poverty over the last two decades. “Inequality in a context of economic growth, as there had been, generated aspirations that haven't been satisfied,” Luis López-Calva, the UNDP's director for Latin America and the Caribbean, said in an interview with the Associated Press. Latin America is the second most unequal region in the world, after sub-Saharan Africa, said López-Calva, despite the fact that poverty was halved in the quarter century through 2015. Bolivia is one of the countries that recently entered the UNDP's group of countries with high human development, joining Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. Argentina and Uruguay are in the UNDP's category with very high human development along with Chile, which has the region's highest ranking.

Source: ABC News December 09, 2019 18:55 UTC