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World Bank claims there's 'no crisis in Latin America', but poverty still prevails

Wednesday, July 8th 2015 - 07:50 UTC
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The World Bank’s Vice-President for Latin America and the Caribbean, Jorge Familiar, praised the region’s implementation of economic reforms, claiming that they had led to poverty reduction in the last few years, but he also warned that its pace was decreasing. Read full article

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  • ChrisR

    The stinking poor again!

    Does this idiot still think that handing out money to these lazy bastards is ever going to work?

    Not in Uruguay, that's for sure. All they do is instead of staying in the hovel making a new poor bastard, they go out and by a new LED TV and stay at home drinking beer, smoking and watching the TV.

    It's bloody obvious what is going on and the poor sodding taxpayers have had enough which is why the Broad Fraud took such a hit (but not fatal) at the last elections.

    The Blessed Margaret nailed it on the head when she said Communists and Socialists spend everybody else's money until there is nothing left. That has been the case in the UK under 'New' Labour and especially with B. Liar and his henchman “The Cunt Brown” © Jeremy Clarkson 2010.

    Jul 08th, 2015 - 07:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • ilsen

    Whilst in Venezuela they keep the masses DELIBERATELY poor and uneducated in order to offer occasional handouts in exchange for votes.

    Sickening.

    Disgusting, really.

    15 years of so-called Socialism has ruined a once beautiful country.

    Jul 09th, 2015 - 02:34 am - Link - Report abuse 0

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