Inflating poverty in Argentina - 30 May 08

While Argentinian farmers fight with the government over taxes, many in Argentina are going hungry.

The Catholic Church says poverty and hunger are once again on the rise, but the government of President Cristina Kirchner says the economy is stable and unemployment is low.

Al-Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports from Buenos Aires as high inflation is creating long lines in the capital's soup kitchens.

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[Nowl8]

@zugelmm you´re quite right buddy, no one in Latin America says any latin american country is first world, except for Mexico, dunno where they got that idea from though considering half their country is in the US, guess the amazing standard of living they talk about isn´t there after all.

[poitrenaud]

There is NO excuse for anyone in Argentina to have poverty. The mismanagement and incompetence, and continued "tradition" of Gangsters in the Government is looting this great nation dry.

[YousayOh]

Al-Jazeera's is shit , like CNN, and FOX.

Argentina is in poberty, and Cristina Kirchner is a corrupt president, she is draining all the resources of the country selling them to international corporations and their local friends...and a lot of corrupt acts, like drugs etc.

controlling the poor people, she remains in power, with critical AIDs from the state in exchange of votes...

All the stadistics are B.S, her government controlls the numbers and manipulate them in order to get popularity.

[SnipermanElite]

You should indicate the truly date of this facts. You show your videos about Argentina as if all that would happening right now, but most of this is from almost 10 years ago, when our economy just collapsed. We're not a perfect country (no one is) but we're much better than at that time. At 2002 we had an unemployment of 25%, now it's less than 8%. Our poverty was over 56% of the total population, now it's around 20/25% and we keep improving.

[warriorprince1010]

@Zerc92 The news channel is NOT from the UK. The Argentinian government are indeed hiding figures and trying to threaten British familes to hide their corruption. I knew a girl from Argentina and she was angry at her government for their corruption.

[warriorprince1010]

@askme4answers555555 Argentina is a second world nation, not a first or third world. The government is very corrupt. Thats why they try to colonise the Falklands to distract attention away from the corruption.

[Zerc92]

the uk always trying to show something wrong about argentina, in every country of the world there are poor people, USA is the first potence in the world and they have poors but that doesnt means that they are poor, argentina has the biggest PIB per capita from all latinamerica, and has the same porcent of poors than europe countries, the UN said that, and since 2001 the unemployee down since almost 50% to 15%

[lucy9359]

@1stPlaceDirector I think we are going to have to deal with it as a multifaceted course of action now...I hope that it is not to late we are going to have very serious problems with these people if we don't deal with them...

[1stPlaceDirector]

@lucy9359 Yes, the problem comes when people enter the country and want to change it to be like their country. When hard-liner Muslims enter the country, they want to bring Sharia law with them and change our country to go backward. France has criticized the US for years, but finally they realize the folly of their ways in regard to allowing too many Muslims in. Now they are recognizing their mistake and are trying to reverse it by banning the Muslim headscarfs, etc. Frankly, its too late.

[lucy9359]

@1stPlaceDirector I looked up that lottery that is the most obsurd thing I ever heard in my life...a cerial killer can win a green card to your country...Obama is a joke man, puppet monster to the banksters!

[lucy9359]

@1stPlaceDirector you do have to be wealthy to imigrate to Canada they let in people with phd's doctors lawyers proffesors etc...every friend I have that is an imigrant to this nation is very well educated and when I asked why they told me because you have to have some money to come here you can't have any debt or they won't let you in. so they come here and can't get jobs and drive taxi while they go to college off grant money here...I personally want to see no more muslim come in here!

[1stPlaceDirector]

@lucy9359 You can read about the green card lottery here at usagcls.com. You don't have to be wealthy at all.