They have fair points to make, as they would in many such countries: poor ethnic minorities are not peculiar to Mexico.

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Those facing social disadvantage, including the poor, migrants and ethnic minorities, are particularly affected.

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He can count on overwhelming backing by the largely government dependent poor as well as most ethnic minorities, even the most entrepreneurial and successful.

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The poor are now concentrated in remote, rural districts populated chiefly by ethnic minorities just the sort of area least touched by the government's reform programme.

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Both men are from the north-western state of Rakhine (formerly Arakan), which is rich in natural gas yet very poor, and home to some of Myanmar's many oppressed ethnic minorities.

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These attitudes span all ages, ethnic groups and economic groups, but non-voters are particularly prevalent among the young, poor and minorities, studies show.

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Typically, it is the poor, remote rural populations, those affected by conflict, or those belonging to ethnic, racial and linguistic minorities that are most often left out of education.

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