LATIN AMERICA - FROM BEING THE MOST URBANIZED REGION TO THE PRESENCES OF INEQUALITY AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN THE REGION HAS ACTED AS A HURDLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Latin America is the most urbanized region in the world with 80% of its people living in cities and home to several problems starting from economic to political crisis , where violence and inequality domains the region , the cities are corrupted and the political institutions are weak, the country lacks proper education , where the bulk of the society is uneducated and working in the informal sector , due to high gender discrimination in the employment sector , the region has not experienced progressive development in the economic region , where some parts of the region is highly developed . The Amazon Rainforest which produces 22 % of the world’s oxygen is now burning , rapid environment and climate changes have made the life of people miserable, deforestation has emerged as a major contributor to agricultural , environment hazard which has an impact on the economic . The COVID-19 pandemic has declined the economic progress which , Latin America has developed over the last 15 years , there is no chance of development in the region till the next 10 years , as part of the post COVID-19 affect .