In the context of President Javier Milei’s neoliberal measures, child poverty in Argentina reached its highest level since the 2001-2002 crisis, with a peak of 67.3% in the first half of 2024, according to a report by the Argentine Social Debt Observatory (ODSA) of the Universidad Católica Argentina (UCA). RELATED: Argentina Supreme Court Ruling: Justice […]

According to the latest data published by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Inec), 49.4% of children in Ecuador live in poverty due to unmet basic needs, in the context of Children’s Day, which is commemorated this Sunday. RELATED: Ecuadorian Police Forcefully Evict Indigenous Citizens from FICSH Headquarters Poverty due to unmet basic needs […]

Cases of police and military abuse notoriously affect marginal neighborhoods where black populations are concentrated. This week, the Permanent Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDH) reported 27 cases of enforced disappearance and another killing of an Afro-descendant child by the military in Ecuador. RELATED: Ecuadorians To Elect Their President on Sunday CDH attorney […]

Currently, 87% of families face food insecurity in low-income areas across 16 Argentine provinces. Tuesday, December 10, marks one year since Javier Milei assumed the Argentine presidency, a period during which he has implemented an economic plan focused on reducing the size of the State as a means of achieving macroeconomic balance and controlling inflation. […]

The Brazilian president deemed it “unacceptable” that trillions of dollars are allocated to military expenditures. On Monday, Brazilian President Lula da Silva inaugurated the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Rio de Janeiro, emphasizing that eradicating hunger is essential to achieving a world at peace. RELATED: G20 Summit: Lula and Al Sisi Reject Attempts to […]

On Thursday night, social organizations joined in a ‘National Blackout’ to protest recent hikes. This week, Argentine President Javier Milei approved a series of increases in public service rates, set to take effect on November 2. The new measures include a 2.5 percent rise in electricity rates and a 2.7 percent increase in gas rates. […]

Among them are 455 million people residing in countries at war or in fragile peace. On Thursday, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the University of Oxford published the 2024 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index Report, which shows that at least 1.1 billion people are living in poverty. Among them are 455 million people residing […]

The solution to the debt crisis is not to impose austerity policies, UN Special Rapporteur De Schutter stated. On Thursday, Olivier De Schutter, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, pointed out that the international financial system is not capable of managing the catastrophic debt crisis facing developing countries. RELATED: Argentine […]

The far-right politician’s adjustment policies generated the largest increase in poverty and extreme poverty in the last 21 years. On Thursday, the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INDEC) announced that the poverty rate in Argentina reached 52.9 percent during the first six months of President Javier Milei’s administration. RELATED: Milei To Hand Over Aerolineas […]

In June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that local governments have the authority to ban people from camping in public places. On Thursday, California governor Gavin Newsom issued an executive order directing directs state agencies and departments to urgently address homeless encampments. RELATED: Extreme Heat Causes $7.7 Billion Losses in California Over Past Decade California, […]