Guatemalan Government Criticized
Guatemalan President Oscar Berger was strongly criticized on Monday after his report on the third year of performance and absence at the Congress of the Republic, in which the document was presented.

"The figures given by the authorities are incomplete and do not include the crisis faced in the last three years of 2006," Hugo Maul, from the National Economics Investigation Center, told press.

According to the text, the 2006 economy increased 4.6 percent and the fiscal deficit was under 2 percent, however, Maul holds that there are important aspects to solve, such as the closure of the Bancafe and the lack of cash in banks.

Farming leader Helmer Velasquez said that though there are historical problems that can not be attributed to Berger s administration, the government has neglected agriculture and given little land to farmers.

Velasquez says it is urgent to make deep changes in agriculture, firm up educational reform and make possible health access possible for most people.