Latin America calls for economic recovery on a restricted Labor Day 2 minutes read
International Desk, May 1 (EFE).- The countries of Latin America commemorated International Labor Day on Saturday with restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic but with firm claims of a speedy economic recovery.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic in Latin America in March 2020, the region has lowered its gross domestic product to 2010 levels, according to the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.
In addition, 57 percent of employment is precarious and poverty has returned to the levels of 15 years ago, according to the secretary general of the Organization of Ibero-American States (OEI) for Education, Science and Culture, Mariano Jabonero, in a recent interview with Efe.
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The National Assembly of Nicaragua has approved the creation of a National Secretariat for Outer Space, despite remaining one of the region’s poorest countries. Copyright: AxeEffect/Wikimedia Commons, (Creative Commons 3.0)
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