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...thousands of peasants are again on the move, trekking across the parched landscape in search of that bag of flour or handful of beans that will keep them going for a few more days or weeks. Ethiopia, which has earned the unhappy honor of being rated the globe's poorest country by the World Bank (average annual per capita income: + $110; infant mortality rate: 16.8%), is on the brink of disaster again. At least 6 million of its 46 million people face starvation, and only a relief effort on the scale of the one launched three years ago will save...
That stark announcement crushed the last hope that Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas, could move easily toward democracy. Since the overthrow of Jean-Claude ("Baby Doc") Duvalier in February 1986, the nation has been ruled by an army-dominated provisional government headed by Lieut. General Henri Namphy. The 22 months of military rule, though, have been a period of unrest, as the country stood on the brink of anarchy. In some areas law and order have virtually broken down, and an estimated 500 people have been killed in random and often gruesome violence. At the same time...
Families and children have replaced elderly people as the majority group among those below the poverty line. Currently, the poorest fifth of the population has 4.6 percent of the nation's wealth, the lowest level since 1955, according to Justice for All. The richest fifth of the population has 43 percent of the wealth...
...definitely our poorest performance of the year," Getman said. "But we came out on top, so for now we'll take...
...remember images of abject poverty in this the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Thin people leading thinner cows down the roads. Malnourished children eating toasted ears of corn on the sidewalk. And all of this across the street from a presidential palace the size of the Jefferson Memorial...