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Article Title: UN: Extreme Poverty Declines but Inequality Persists
Article Author: Andean Air mail & Peruvian times
Article Source: Andean Air mail & Peruvian Times
Article Website: http://www.peruviantimes.com/un-extreme-poverty-declines-but-inequality-persists/118048

Summary:
The New United Nations 2010 Regional Report for Human Development on Latin America and the Caribbean, it says that Peru is one of the most unequal countries in the world.
It says that the poverty has gone down some, which is good. It also says that fresh water and electricy ar among the things that are hard to find. Peru is not the only country with issues like this though. Many other Latin American countries are facing the inequality issue. Many women in the Latin American countries don't get as much education as the men, and don't get paid the same amount of money for the same work. Also one of the things to decrease was informal employment. It is still one of the highest in the area nonetheless. The report also said they had many large gaps in areas of ethnicity, education, genders, where they live, and others. While the report says Peru has a lot to work on, they are still happy some things have improved.

What are the main points of the article?
Talking about how the poverty amounts have decreased,but the inequality has increased. also a highlight is that many other Latin American countries are having trouble with the same issues.

How could this event change the region?
It could help them to figure out what thye need to work on as a community, and as a country. it can help them to improve their living quality, and even though their poverty has gotten better, to still wokr on it as well.

How could this event affect the United States?
It could help us to see what we need to work on as country. We could also see, "This is what we could be, " so then this would be an incentive of sorts, to keep our economy getting better.