Friday, November 13, 2009

The Big Questions for Honduras

Honduras:

Here, a lot of people starve. They don't feed themselves. Over half the country is below the poverty line. They use very little oil, and there is little travel period. Lots of the agriculture work is done by hand. There is enough water right now, but it’s quickly being polluted by factories and other industries.

The government is sustainable, and is very much modeled after the U.S./British form of government (no monarchy). However, there isn’t enough food to go around, even though very few people are unemployed (less than 4%). The growth rate isn’t high, but the country is barely sustaining itself as is.

The water needs to be cleaned up by finding a way for the factories to stop dumping in the main river. Food and better paying jobs need to be available widespread. However, the lack of food and large amounts of disease are what help keep the population from spiraling out of control.

There are too many people and not enough resources or space to sustain the people Honduras. In addition, Honduras tends to be lumped in with the rest of the poor, Central American countries, and doesn’t receive as much foreign assistance.

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