Since 1990, Chile has dramatically reduced poverty from 40 to 9%, but the middle classes improved their lifestyles through credit. Now, 70% of those families live with unsustainable levels of debt.

Chile’s Congress gave its final approval to a reform that will boost pensions for current and future retirees, handing ...

Chile’s Senate approved a long-sought reform to raise pensions for current and future retirees, advancing the legislation to ...

Long having been considered the ‘US’s backyard,’ Latin America is the crucible of anti-imperialist struggle – yet with the rise of China as an economic and ideological counterweight to Washington, we ...

In Davos, politicians and people from the business world discussed the fight against poverty. In fact, such conferences are completely pointless in the fight against poverty. In his speech, Javier Mil ...

Poverty is multidimensional. An individual or household experiencing poverty can suffer multiple disadvantages at the same time. Beyond the inability to afford basic needs, poverty can also mean ...

Investopedia / Daniel Fishel The federal poverty level (FPL) is an economic measure used to decide whether the income level of an individual or family qualifies them for certain federal benefits ...

Three under–the–radar stories from the Americas highlight Haiti’s election struggles, Chile’s new biodiversity park, and ...

After months of rapprochement, El Salvador’s president is offering his prisons and hoping for financial support in his ...

But poverty is also an outcome of economic ... and many poor people have benefited from these reforms. Case studies of Chile, China, Ghana, Uganda, and Vietnam show that reforms have helped raise ...

He is the author of “Within Our Means,” a biweekly newsletter on ending poverty in America. The classic promise of the American dream is that no matter where you grew up, no matter how poor ...