In 2017，social poverty in Latin America did not change much. Poverty reduction fell into a bottleneck，low and middle income groups were at risk of returning to poverty，and there was not enough driving force behind poverty reduction. The slow recovery of Latin American economies did not have a positive impact on employment. Employment difficulties and a decline in the quality of employment were aggravated，but the real wage level rose slightly. Despite the recovery of the regional economy，social spending maintained a moderately tight trend. The problem of social inequality did not improve significantly，and the effect of income distribution on poverty reduction in Latin American countries was gradually disappearing. Remittances hit a record high，mainly due to the steady growth of the U.S. economy and the improvement of the labor market. The corruption was aggravated and became a cancer that eroded the social ethos. Despite the uneven progress of social reforms，they encountered widespread social protests，which reflected the contradictions between the goals of Latin American governments and the expectations of the people.