Protesters holding an Argentine flag arrive at the Plaza de Mayo to demand higher salaries and more jobs, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Thursday, May 12, 2022. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
BUENOS AIRES: Argentina’s poverty rate remains above its pre-pandemic level in the first half of this year as high inflation eroded the benefits of the country’s economic recovery.
About 36.5% of Argentines lived in poverty earlier this year, the government’s statistics agency reported last week. That’s above the 35.5% reading just prior to the pandemic and well above the previous low of 25.7% seen in 2017.
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