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4 August 2020 | Press Release

Countries of the Region Urge for a Paradigm Shift in International Financing and for Strengthening Multilateralism

Representatives of ECLAC’s member countries met today at the thirty-fifth session of the Commission’s Committee of the Whole, in which Costa Rica assumed the regional organization’s Presidency Pro Tempore for the next two years.

23 July 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Urgent Regional Cooperation beyond the Pandemic to Foster More Integration and Avert a Food Crisis

Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the UN regional commission, participated today in a conference organized by CELAC and FAO’s regional office for Latin America and the Caribbean.

22 July 2020 | Press Release

Equality Reinforces Economic Efficiency, Fostering Productivity, Growth and Diversification: Alicia Bárcena

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary highlighted the positive effects of equality for a better recovery in the wake of the pandemic, during a high-level event organized by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs.

15 July 2020 | Press Release

Contraction of Economic Activity in the Region Intensifies Due to the Pandemic: It Will Fall -9.1% in 2020

ECLAC updated its growth projections for Latin American and Caribbean countries today. It underscores that both the external and domestic shocks have been stronger than what was foreseen last April, which led to a downward revision of the figures.

13 July 2020 | Press Release

It is Crucial to Propose a Social Compact Based on a Broad and Participatory Dialogue to Face the Present Contingency and Rethink the Post COVID-19 Reactivation

In the framework of the OECD-LAC Virtual Social Inclusion Ministerial Summit, Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, called for promoting universal, redistributive and solidarity-based social policies to confront the crisis.

10 July 2020 | Press Release

Event with Latin American and Caribbean Countries Stresses the Importance of Guaranteeing a Universal Social Protection System

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a side event at the United Nations High-level Political Forum on COVID-19’s socioeconomic impacts in the region and policy responses for building back better.

7 July 2020 | Press Release

The Response to the COVID-19 Crisis Requires a New Social Compact for a More Inclusive Welfare System: Alicia Bárcena

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated in an event entitled “Sharing Economic Benefits: Social Protection as a tool for Building Back Better after COVID-19,” held on the sidelines of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2020.

30 June 2020 | Press Release

Alicia Bárcena Calls for Putting Poverty Eradication at the Center of Debate and Building Back Better with Equality and Sustainability

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a high-level virtual meeting on “Trends, Options and Strategies in Poverty Eradication Across the World,” an event that marked the inauguration of the United Nations’ Alliance for Poverty Eradication.

29 June 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Calls for Moving Towards a Big Push for Sustainability as a Strategy for Emerging from the Current Crisis

In a joint virtual seminar with the Federal Senate of Brazil, the commission’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, emphasized that a new development model will be needed after the COVID-19 pandemic.

16 June 2020 | Press Release

FAO and ECLAC: Millions of People May Slide into Extreme Poverty and Hunger in 2020 in Latin America and the Caribbean due to the Pandemic’s Impact

New joint report proposes ten measures to prevent the current health crisis from becoming a food crisis.

11 June 2020 | Press Release

It is Urgently Necessary to Achieve the Full Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in Fulfillment of the 2030 Agenda, Guaranteeing the Exercise of their Collective Rights

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, and the President of the Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, Myrna Cunningham, presented a study today that addresses the reality of indigenous peoples in the region.

21 May 2020 | Press Release

Prioritizing Security and Health Policies at Work is Necessary for the Post COVID-19 Reactivation of Production and Employment to be Safe and Healthy

ECLAC and the ILO presented a new joint publication in which they analyze labour challenges in the wake of the pandemic. The organizations indicate that the crisis will likely cause 11.5 million more people to be unemployed in Latin America and the Caribbean.

12 May 2020 | Press Release

ECLAC Proposes Moving Towards a Basic Income to Help the Most Vulnerable Population Overcome the Coronavirus’s Effects

The organization presented a new report on the social challenges of the crisis stemming from COVID-19. In a context of low growth, a significant increase in poverty, extreme poverty and inequality is foreseen in Latin America and the Caribbean.

11 May 2020 | Press Release

In the Post-COVID-19 World, the 2030 Agenda Demands More Cooperation and Regional Integration, More Multilateralism and Greater Productive Integration: Alicia Bárcena

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary led today an extraordinary meeting of the Practice Community of the Latin American countries that will present their Voluntary National Reviews before the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2020.

22 April 2020 | Press Release

COVID-19 Pandemic Puts Us at a Civilizing Crossroads: Either We Return to the Globalization of Concentration, or We Build a Different Future, Alicia Bárcena Indicates

ECLAC’s Executive Secretary participated today in a webinar organized by the Carolina Foundation of Spain, on multilateral action in Ibero-America in the face of the epidemic.

21 April 2020 | Press Release

COVID-19 Pandemic Will Lead to the Biggest Contraction in Economic Activity in the Region’s History: A -5.3% Drop in 2020

ECLAC released new growth projections for Latin American and Caribbean countries. It underscores that in the medium term, this crisis will provoke structural changes in the organization of production, international trade, and the current globalization model.

11 March 2020 | Press Release

Youth from the Region Reaffirm their Commitment to Overcoming Poverty and Inequality, with a View to Achieving the 2030 Agenda

In the framework of the Concausa 2030 initiative, organized by ECLAC, UNICEF and América Solidaria, some 50 adolescents from 16 Latin American and Caribbean countries unveiled their proposals today in Santiago, Chile.