"Our reality is very crude": the indigenous population in Mexico is more vulnerable to poverty

Indigenous language speakers in Mexico are more vulnerable than the rest of the population to poverty, according to a recent study by the Coneval. The results reveal that social policies promoted since 2018 have not been able to reverse the marginalization of this sector of Mexican society.

Mexico shows positive signs: it reduces poverty in Mexico, according to the World Bank, although progress is modest and faces multiple challenges. According to the agency’s latest Economic Report of Latin America and the Caribbean (LACER), monetary poverty in the region will go from 25% in 2023 to 24.4% in 2024, based on a threshold of $6.85 a day in purchasing power parity of 2017. Mexico, along with Brazil and Colombia, stands out as one of th…