An indigenous Bolivian in La Paz. © Kike Arnal
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Indigenous people made significant social progress, experienced a reduction in poverty levels in several countries, and gained improved access to basic services during the boom of the first decade of the century, but they did not benefit to the same extent as the rest of Latin Americans.Read More »

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Indigenous people in Latin America account for less than 8% of the population, yet make up more than 17% of the region's extremely poor, due to a persistent pattern of social exclusion.
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