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Economy & Business - January 2020

Does poverty drive protest?

Protests in Ecuador, an abrupt change of government in Bolivia, strikes in Peru, demonstrations in Colombia and the ongoing political crisis in Venezuela suggest the Andean region as a whole is in the throes of an upheaval. While different factors are in play in each country, could there be a shared diagnosis that rising poverty and inequality has been a contributing factor?

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