HEADLINES

According to latest ECLAC report presented in Montevideo:

Digital Economy Represents 3.2% of GDP in Four of the Region's Countries

Today the President of Uruguay attended the opening of the Fourth Ministerial Conference on the Information Society in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Watch video ECLAC @LIS2: Dialogue for the information society Latin America - Europe

Follow the live transmission of the conference.

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22 March 2013:

World Water Day

"Water is a common resource. Let us use it more intelligently and waste less so all get a fair share", says the UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.

Close of conference in Bogotá, Colombia:

Authorities and Experts Call for a Global, Unified, Comprehensive and Equitable Post-2015 Development Agenda

Latin American and Caribbean countries met to assess progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals and the Rio+20 agreements.

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Alicia Bárcena arrived in Caracas:

The Executive Secretary of ECLAC Attended the Funeral of President Hugo Chávez Frías

The most senior official of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean attended as representative of the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.

New report:

ECLAC Predicts an Upturn in Economic Growth for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2013

While uncertainties remain at the international level, the recovery of Argentina and Brazil and buoyant internal demand will enable the region to grow by around 3.8% next year.

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Watch video "Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012"

According to a new ECLAC report:

Poverty Continues To Fall in Latin America, but Still Affects 167 Million People

The rise in wages has been a determining factor in poverty reduction, according to the United Nations agency.

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Watch video "Social Panorama of Latin America 2012"