Nicaragua’s austerity program : war against the poor / CharlesGray ; interviewed by Bob DeBolt.

Charles Gray, a long time peace and social justice activists who spent 3 years in rural Nicaragua, discusses the impact of the Chamorro government’s austerity program upon the poor. Basic food subsidies have been slashed, the infrastructure is disintegrating, and there is 61% undemployment and underemployment. The core of the problem is the government’s failure…