BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s poverty rate rose to 40. 9% in the first part of 2020, the country’s official news firm, INDEC, announced Wednesday and highlighted the devastating effect of the coronavirus pandemic on the population of the South American country.
The poverty rate increased from 35. 5% at the time of 2019 (Report through Jorge Iorio; Written through Cassandra Garrison; Edited through Richard Chang)
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