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Latin America

Latin America

Latin America has the most unequal income distribution in the world, and high rates of extreme poverty exist. Substantial pockets of the region’s population, and particularly indigenous groups, have limited access to health care, poor educational outcomes, poor working conditions, and lack political representation.