Effective Social
Policies Urgently Needed
in Latin America, Arias
Says
Costa Rica's ministro de
la Presidencia and
brother to president
Oscar Arias said last
night that Latin America
urgently needs effective
social policies to
improve people's quality
of life.
The "most important
task" for the
governments of Ibero
America is to promote
the development of
effective social
policies, said Arias, at
the inauguration of the
11th Ibero-American
Presidential Ministers
and Equivalent Meeting
being held in San José.
Arias said the only
effective way to
decrease poverty is
generating and
distributing prosperity
by implementing
progressive tax systems
and strong social
programs, among others.
"We have no right to ask
poor and excluded people
for patience. They do
have the right to ask us
for action and give them
accounts of what we have
done," Arias said.
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