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09-08-2008, 11:23 AM #1
BOO HOO-Immigrants pressed to support extended families
Monday, Sept. 8, 2008 , 12:01 a.m. Chattanooga: Immigrants pressed to support extended families
By: Perla Trevizo
(Contact)
POVERTY LEVELS
Percentage of population in poverty before and after increase in food prices:
Country
Population (millions)* -- Poverty now -- Poverty after**
Colombia
47.5 -- 52% -- 54.7%
Guatemala
13.3 -- 51.4% -- 59.4%
Honduras
7.7 -- 69.5% -- 73.4%
Mexico
109 -- 20.6% -- 27.5%
Peru
28.8 -- 44.2% -- 49.5%
*2007
**Based on a 30 percent increase in food prices
Source: Inter-American Development Bank
To buy food and pay debts, Horalio Ramirez’s family depends on what he and his brothers send back to Guatemala. But with the economic slowdown in the United States, the family manages without that expected income.
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