Honduras: Less Poverty, Main
Achievement
Tegucigalpa - The main
achievement of the government of Honduras referred to the frontal
attack against poverty that will continue to be a priority of the
administration.
Projects such as school snacks, free education and the technological
bond contributed to reduce this problem in the past few years that
still affects half of the population commented the Tiempo Digital
daily.
Business persons have also benefited from free trade agreements with
different countries and are exempt from paying extra taxes,
President Zelaya added.
But to conquer poverty it is necessary to defeat the economic groups
of the oligarchy and the aristocratic policies who want a larger
piece of the pie, explained the president. who must relinquish power
in 2010.
Social investment must expand, especially regarding the
infrastructure while there are projects to rescue public companies,
he suggested.
Zelaya made these statements yesterday after a thanksgiving mass to
commemorate the third anniversary of Citizen Power.
The religious event held in the United Nations Park, in the
northeast of the capital counted on the participation of cabinet
members of the government, diplomatic representatives, authorities
of the Liberal Party and guests. A report by the Economic Commission
for Latin America included Honduras among the 12 Latin American
nations in which poverty and destitution diminished by 1.5 points
between 2002 and 2007.
According to the document 63.1 percent of homes are affected by
poverty in this country and 43.6 percent of these are destitute.
Figures for 2008 reveal that 33.2 percent of the population live in
poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, almost one percent below
the rate reached in 2207 (34.1 percent, 184 million human beings. |
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