The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says that well-paid jobs with social security and rights are one of the keys to ending inequality in the region.  

“From a lack of toilet paper that caused a stink, to a dearth of staple food items that left shoppers sucking salt, the Venezuelan people have been reeling under the blows of almost constant shortages for well over a year.   A recent addition to the chronic shortage list…is a scarcity of quality breast implants that

The natural wealth of the Amazon contrasts with its impoverished population without access to many basic rights, such as sanitation, housing, health and welfare, among others. 

The new Penal Code hands out a 1-3 year prison sentence that can run 16 to 19 years, based upon aggravating circumstances for every caregiver subject to its reach. 

Guaná, with just four speakers, is one of the indigenous languages ​​most endangered in Paraguay, which faces the challenge of preserving its 20 native languages.  And legislation to guarantee the rights of women is not based on preference for “being a woman,” but for equal treatment of everyone. 

Obesity is a disease that continues to rise in Argentina, while Ecuador sees obesity and overweight citizens as its main health problem.  

There are new directions for urban transport in Brazil, and a push for more verticality in Peru.

The lower class grew from 13.3% of the total to 16.7%; employment and inflation were major causes; recovery slowed for the middle class, while the land is held by fewer hands, and unions are divided over whether to strike against the government of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.

Violence has come to the emergency rooms of the Venezuelan hospitals, while problems persist for the distribution of some basic food items, and Venezuelans are unimpressed by new measures by President Maduro to address shortages.

More than 56 million people have been lifted out of poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean in recent years, according to the United Nations Development, around 200 million more, 37.8% of the population, remain vulnerable.