I was looking for news about the respiratory outbreak in Yajalón, and found a much more disturbing story in Diario del Sur: Hay cerca de 53 millones de pobres en México: Sedesol.[About 53 million poor people in Mexico: Sedesol] The entire report, with my translation:
El número de personas en pobreza extrema en México aumentó de 11.7 millones en 2010 a 13 millones en 2012, reveló el subsecretario de Desarrollo Urbano y Ordenación Territorial de la Secretaría de Desarrollo Social (Sedesol), Javier Guerrero García.
The number of persons in extreme poverty in Mexico rose from 11.7 million in 2010 to 13 million in 2012, according to Javier Guerrero García, subsecretary of Urban Development and Territorial Organization in the Secretariat of Social Development (Sedesol).
Al participar en el "Foro México 2013: Políticas Públicas para un Desarrollo Incluyente", el funcionario explicó que "tenemos en el país cerca de 53 millones de pobres".
While taking part in the "Mexico Forum 2013: Public Politics for an Inclusive Development," the official explained that "We have in the country close to 53 million in poverty."When I was a kid in Mexico 60 years ago, the population of the entire country was about 27 million, and Mexico City was a sleepy village of just 3 million. Fifty-three million people in poverty—and 13 million of them in extreme poverty—are a guarantee of public health hazards and social disruption for all of North America, far beyond the merely foreseeable future.
