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Argentina poverty rate jumps to 40.9% in first half of 2020 - statistics agency

Published 09/30/2020, 03:22 PM
Updated 09/30/2020, 03:25 PM
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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's poverty rate rose to 40.9% in the first half of 2020, the country's official INDEC statistics agency said on Wednesday, underscoring the devastating impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the South American country's population.

The poverty rate was a significant uptick from 35.5% recorded for the second half of 2019.

 

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No confundais socialismo con corrupción. En Argentina hace lustros que ninguna fórmula política logra hacer algo perdurable. Lo único que hacen a cambiar slogans y etiquetas políticas para seguir robando. Ese país no tiene arreglo posible.
Who could have told socialism was going to fail?
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