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Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)
Fri May 23, 2014, 02:07 PM May 2014

Poverty increases from 21.2% to 27.3% in one year (Venezuela, Spanish)

http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/140523/pobreza-aumento-de-212-a-273-en-un-ano

Caracas.- El número de hogares que viven en situación de pobreza en el país aumentó de 21,2% a 27,3% en un año, de acuerdo a las cifras del Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

En el segundo semestre de 2012, un total de 1.483.264 hogares se encontraban en situación de pobreza, mientras que para el mismo período de 2013 esta cifra había aumentado a 1.899.590, según la metodología de medición de la pobreza basada en el nivel de ingresos de cada hogar.

La escalada que tuvieron los precios durante el año pasado, que llevó al país a sufrir una inflación de 56%, golpeó el presupuesto familiar e hizo que muchos hogares no contaran con ingresos suficientes para atender sus necesidades básicas, por lo que pasaron a engrosar las filas de la pobreza.
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Percent of households that live in poverty increased to 27.3% from 21.2% in one year attributed to inflation.
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Poverty increases from 21.2% to 27.3% in one year (Venezuela, Spanish) (Original Post) Bacchus4.0 May 2014 OP
Having the 2nd lowest min. wage and largest inflation rate in the world doesn't help either n/t Marksman_91 May 2014 #1
anything from chavistas on this? this was supposed to be the great achievement of chavismo n/t Bacchus4.0 May 2014 #2
ˇVivá la Revolución! Zorro May 2014 #3
English version Bacchus4.0 May 2014 #4

Bacchus4.0

(6,837 posts)
4. English version
Wed May 28, 2014, 12:54 PM
May 2014
http://www.eluniversal.com/economia/140523/poverty-in-venezuela-swells-from-212-to-273-in-one-year

The number of households living in poverty in Venezuela jumped from 21.2% to 27.3% in one year, based on official data disclosed by the National Statistics Institute.

Overall, 1.48 million households lived in poverty in the second half of 2012. One year later, the figure totaled 1.89 million, based on the average household income.

The rise in poverty takes place after Venezuela's inflation hit 56% in 2013, which eroded households' income, pushing them into poverty.

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