Sunday, April 11, 2010

792 thousand sonorans live in poverty


On March 20th of this year there was an article in the paper entitled 792 thousand sonorans live in poverty. 340 thousand people live in extreme poverty in Sonora, and in total 792 thousand live in poverty, and they are located primarily in the south of the state. This article said that the government was going to try to take out of extreme poverty the 43% of the population that lives in it. For this only 1% of the state budget is given, which according to the majors of Cajeme and Navojoa is insufficient, but still helpful. Also, the government will give concrete floors to the 65 thousand homes that don't have one, according to Javier Neblina Vega (Sedesson). This goal is set to be achieved in the next 2 years. I think this is an extremely difficult task, and even more when there isn't enough money, but at least the government is trying to do something about.

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