* Mexico: Child vendors may be a relic of the past if legislators pass a bill to force street kids into schools or other programs.* Venezuela: Hugo Chavez accused the CIA of working with Cuban militant Luis Posada Carriles in a plot to murder the Venezuelan president.
* Chile: Chile has become the second Latin American country aside from Mexico to have a death attributed to the swine flu.
* Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, and Belo Horizonte were three of the twelve cities selected to host the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
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Mexico's efforts to get children off the street and into schools is a noble goal. However, if the police institutions and government do not enforce, then I don't know how far those efforts will go.
ReplyDeleteI feel like this type of child labor is endemic in poorer countries. Everywhere I have been (Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, and Afghanistan) have all had the same problem of children being exploited so as someone can make a buck. I've seen kids selling everything from cigarettes and liquor to gum and magazines.
Whenever I have offered one of these kids something to eat they take it up like they haven't eaten in days, yet they must make enough to pay for many meals. This money is going somewhere, and it is not going to these children or their future.