Infant mortality rates drop in Argentina - 09 Oct 2008

Argentina is seeing a troubling and sharp increase in the number of babies dying before their first birthday.

Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman repors from Argentina where the situation is particularly desperate for millions of mothers living in urban ghettos.

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[asiaguzel]

the tittle of this video should be

Infant Mortality rate rise in Argentina"

[NaturaTerra]

That's right. I thought to myself; how can they have a problem if it has dropped?

[Eagle21trueGabriel]

speechless, so sad

[argent2020]

Pero la cosa no termina ahí, porque el presidente, para que los políticos no les rompa las bolas, los tiene que endulzar, todo con la platita que bien se pudiera utilizar al beneficio del populacho.

Menem endulzaba y se sabe que daba a ciertos tipos 50 mil dólares por mes y a otros 100 mil. ¡Por mes!.

El otro problema es que esa platita en vez de invertirla en Argentina, la invierten en el exterior y asi la cosa nunca va a caminar bien.

[argent2020]

Hablar y criticar es facil, inclusive para mi que hago lo mismo al dar una opinión.

Pienso que el líder argentino, al igüal que el pueblo tienen todas las mejores intenciones y lo ponen a la vista de todos, pero ocurre que una vez que alcanzaron el liderazgo de turno se encuentran con la realidad que esta muy por encima de sus intenciones. Por un lado aparecen los que se pusieron con guita para colocarlo ahí y por el otro, los señores del norte para recordarle quien es el manda mas.

[argent2020]

It would be cool if they show Avenida Pavón, Avenida Mitre and other places.

One of the problems of Argentina (And I figure Perón was aware of it) is the religion which encourage the people to have as many kids no matter what and are against birth control.

What Argentina needs is the same as what the world needs: "More heart and less religion".

[argent2020]

I remember asking the professor at the sociology class why the more poor a family is, the more kids they have and he said: "Because they don't have anything else to do", hahaha the whole class LOL.

I was born in Lomas de Zamora, but lived in Temperley then in Avellaneda, but I can't recall seeing poverty of that magnitude.

In fact, I remember a peatonal that was very cool. Let's face it, the media sells what's bad, but positive and good places, they don't.

[leomo9]

Hey I have an idea and it will save money and babies! Stop having more kids! Hand out birth control! A lady with seven kids living in a shit hole why is she having kids!!!!!!!!!

[kevinmarquez19]

umm i lived in argentina it looks fine, every country has some poverty.

[tornandfrayed84]

Argentina is not a poor country at all, it's an ''unfair'' country, they produce enough food to feed 450 millon people, ext. 2008, (almost the whole European Union) and export 91.7% of what they produce... pretty sad. ahh and Argentina population it ONLY 40 MILLONS... so, where the hell did it all go wrong????

[GESTIONAMELAA]

NO, pero ayudaria a la gente a darse cuenta que no pueden traer al mundo un hijo al que no le pueden dar una buena vida

[XrisKing898]

is Argentina every going to correct itself?