2020-12-16 22:35:34 GMT2020-12-17 06:35:34(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
SANTIAGO, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) Latin America and the Caribbean will see economic growth in 2021, but not enough to match pre-pandemic levels of economic activity, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) said on Wednesday.
According to the United Nations agency, the regional economy will plunge 7.7 percent in 2020, then see a positive growth rate of 3.7 percent in 2021, insufficient for recovering the economic activity levels seen prior to the coronavirus pandemic.
ECLAC released its Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020 - one of its flagship annual reports - during a virtual press conference given by the agency s Executive Secretary Alicia Barcena.
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SEATTLE, Washington In recent months, Latin America has seen an increased number of confirmed COVID-19 cases, which have adversely affected the hunger crisis throughout the continent. For example, Peru’s mortality rates are now among the highest in the world. Approximately 89 out of every 100,000 inhabitants have succumbed to the virus. Indigenous people, refugees, migrants and marginalized populations in urban and rural settings are the most affected. Subsequently, the pandemic has exacerbated the hunger crisis due to economic contraction, informality with labor markets and a soaring unemployment rate that will put 29 million individuals in poverty. It’s evident that rising hunger in Latin America due to COVID-19 has become a real issue, but there are organizations at work to fight back.