In Venezuela, Protest Ranks Grow Broader

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40. I like Prez Humala, But Peru's population below poverty level is only 4% less than Venezuela's.

Peru

Although they have provided substantial revenue, self-sustained growth and a more egalitarian distribution of income have proven elusive.[63] According to 2010 data, 31.3% of its total population is poor, including 9.8% that lives in poverty.[64]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru#Economy

Peru
Population
below poverty line 27.8% (2011), 25.8% (2012)[1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Peru

Venezuela
Population
below poverty line 31.6% (2012 est.)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Venezuela

Venezuela made enormous inroads on poverty since Chavez was elected and a socialist system was instituted.

Income and Poverty

During the past decade under Chavez, the income poverty rate in Venezuela dropped by more than half, from 54% of households below poverty level in the first half of 2003, down to 26% at the end of 2008. "Extreme poverty" fell even more - by 72%. Further, "these poverty rates measure only cash income, and doesn't take into account increased access to health care or education."[9][77]

Datos reports real income grew by 137% between 2003 and Q1 2006.[78] Official poverty figures dropped by 10%.[79] However, the World Bank estimates that 31.9% are below the poverty line.[80]

Some social scientists and economists claim that the government's reported income poverty figures did not fall in proportion to the country's vast petroleum revenues in the last two years, much of which was directed to social spending to decrease the cost of living.[81]

Venezuela's infant mortality rate fell by 18.2% between 1998 and 2006.[82][83]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_policy_of_the_Hugo_Ch%C3%A1vez_government

If you believe everything you read in the US MSM, you could end up knowing less than nothing.