The impacts of COVID-19 on child labor in Latin America

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Data suggests the COVID-19 pandemic is fueling child labor across Latin America.

A report last year by theUnited Nations estimatedthe pandemic couldforcean additional 300,000 Latin American childrento seek jobs,adding to the 10.5 million who are already part ofthe workforce.

CGTN’s Mary Triny Mena reports from Caracas.

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