Latin America, Caribbean face sharp economic slowdown, UN agency warns

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Latin America, Caribbean face sharp economic slowdown, UN agency warns

STORY: Latin America, Caribbean face sharp economic slowdown, UN agency warns DATELINE: June 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:59 LOCATION: Santiago CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the press conference 2. SOUNDBITE (Spanish): MARIO CIMOLI, Acting executive secretary of ECLAC 3. various of the press conference STORYLINE: Latin America and the Caribbean face a sharp economic slowdown, rising inflation, and a slow and incomplete recovery of labor markets, leading to increases in levels of poverty and extreme poverty, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) warned on Monday. The United Nations agency presented a report at its regional headquarters in Chile's capital Santiago on Monday, showing that 7.8 million more people are likely to join the 86.4 million whose food security is already at risk. The acting executive secretary of ECLAC, Mario Cimoli, said at a press conference that the current situation should not be seen as an isolated phenomenon, but as a part of setbacks caused b

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