Thursday, October 14, 2010

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Poverty in Andalusia

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CORREO ANDALUSIA (14/10/1910)

Andalusian Half a million live in extreme poverty, a figure that fell or the boom years, and about 30% of the population suffers from relative poverty, those who "fail to make ends meet to live or bad life" in the words of the Ombudsman, José Chamizo. The latter percentage is not only not reduced but the crisis has seen the inclusion of new families than ever before passed through these straits.

another year, the 50 associations under the platform bonded Andalusian Alliance against Poverty and Poverty History campaign, remember, the next day 17, to eradicate poverty is possible: "There are technical and human resources, what is lacking is political will," said the spokesman for this platform, José María Castell. If the balance of the Millennium Development Goals summit in New York was not flattering, nor regional policy are being met expectations.

"In the State Budget is a reduction of 900 million for development assistance and the Board is frozen for three years, in what is happening in other communities, not the worst but it is unfeasible to achieve a commitment of cooperation to 0.7% of the budget for 2012, "recalled Castell.

Chamizo Castell as both government called a "do not cross the red line" with cuts to address poverty that prevent internal and external, and by the Board, reminded the councils responsibility, claimed by them in basic first aid . But they also released a warning: if the proportion of poor has remained stable for years and not reduced in good times "will need to rethink social policies," said Chamizo, who recalled that "a law to help the social inclusion a lot. " His first office was a flurry of complaints about evictions, then by power outages and water and now struggling to meet the needs of children in foster in which unemployment has been present.

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