Mexico’s AMLO asks world’s richest to finance $1 trillion poverty fund in U.N. speech

In an handle earlier than the United Nations Safety Council, which Mexico is presiding over this month, López Obrador stated the fund could be used to assist 750 million individuals who stay on lower than $2 a day, or roughly the World Financial institution’s benchmark for “excessive poverty.” He additionally known as on the Group of 20 nations, which incorporates Mexico, to contribute 0.2 % of their gross home product and steered funds be paid out instantly in varieties corresponding to pensions, scholarships and no-cost remedy.