Nicaragua: outstanding mitigation of economic crisis
Submitted by fyl on Wed, 2009/08/19 - 11:46.
Karla Jacobs of Tortilla con Sal has an interesting article analyzing how well Nicaragua is dealing with the world economic mess. The punchline is that it seems to be doing better than expected.
The article includes many tables showing what has been happening over the last few years. Areas covered include employment, education, health care and more. This one paragraph sounds like reality from where I am:
The way most Nicaraguans measure their well-being, though, is almost entirely based on their day to day experience - whether or not they have access to some form of employment, to what extent their income covers the cost of living, whether their kids are able to attend school, to what extent they are able to overcome ill health, whether the basic infrastructure they depend on (roads, transport, electricilty, sanitation) is in a better or worse state that last year, etc.
Now, for those who will not agree with the analysis (and I know there will be a lot of you), offering some facts to counter the information presented would be a lot more useful to everyone than ranting about the "leftist", "pro-FSLN" or whatever slant. Maybe it has a slant but the numbers presented seem to support the conclusions.
youre right
Tortillaconsal, you and everyone that know that site, know for sure that is only a international section of the FSLN, is nothing to discuss. Toni Solo or Hanna Given Wilson, or Karla don't offer a impartail point of view, is only FSLN propaganda , and yes...leftists agenda.
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"The way most Nicaraguans measure their well-being, though, is almost entirely based on their day to day experience - whether or not they have access to some form of employment, to what extent their income covers the cost of living, whether their kids are able to attend school, to what extent they are able to overcome ill health, whether the basic infrastructure they depend on (roads, transport, electricilty, sanitation) is in a better or worse state that last year, etc.
Based on this criteria, the vast majority of working class Nicraguans whom I am acquainted with in Carazo would not agree with the tables or conclusions in the articlethat you cited in your post.
ask every person
Personally i saw decrease my budget because the inflation, that even having dollars i skip.
I have a sister that has almost 2 years and she can't find a job, and his well prepare, the only time that was close, was a goverment job, that was blessed with the signature of one department political Chief of the FSLN, but even then.
I have a friend that worked for the FSLN, but been in conflict in internal group dispute that lost some elections, he was punish with a clear blockade for any future job in the goverment and suffering the repression in his private career.
Even know the crisis in US, he decided to move there and look for some job to feed their family.
Like internationalist and foreigner Karla has money , and maybe misleading by the custom of our people , that when visits arrive to our homes , we bring whatever we have.
And for roads, she can mention wich ones??
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Because the only important Matagalpa-Jinotega was under the budget of the last administration , all the rest the same, and maybe Karla never has read the news, because the Construction Minister the firt year was almost 50% under the budget fulfillment, and this has been a conduct in the whole administrations til now.
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The only courtesy that i can offer to tortillaconsal , is "are making a "terrific" propaganda "