Impoverished Huancavelica Aims To Decrease Poverty Rate

One of Peru’s poorest regions, Huancavelica, is aiming to reduce its poverty level from 46.5 percent to 14.9 percent by 2014, according to the department’s president, Maciste Diaz. Diaz disclosed the figure at a UNDP presentation, while announcing a regional program aimed at eliminating extreme poverty and child malnutrition over the next three years. He said authorities [...]

Trivelli Sworn in to New Cabinet Post

Economist Carolina Trivelli was sworn in as Peru’s first Minister of  Social Development and Inclusion, during a ceremony in the former Inca capital of Cuzco. President Ollanta Humala took Trivelli’s oath in the city’s San Sebastian square, with his full cabinet present led by premier Salomon Lerner Ghitis, as well as local authorities, including the [...]

Report finds 78 percent of indigenous children living in poverty

A report presented by UNICEF and the national statistics and technology institute, INEI, has found that in Peru 78 percent of indigenous children between the ages of three and 17  live in poverty, compared to 40 percent for children whose first language is Spanish, state news agency Andina reported. “The inequality is greatest among ethnic [...]