Community | April 19, 2011 | 2 comments

Who Caused the Destruction of Honduran Education?

source: http://liberal-propaganda.blogspot.com/2011/04/honduras-saves-money-by-cutting.html

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This bloggers points out that it was IMF, the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND that forced Honduras to make cutbacks on education in exchange for a $200 MILLION DOLLAR LOAN. The IMF is supposed to be;
"an organization of 187 countries, working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world."

So, how does this equal giving $200 to a military coup, funding the oppression of teachers while raising salaries for police and military?!

(original post below:)
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Honduras, in the grasp of a new military power since 2009, has followed through on it's promise to cut the country's education budget.

How did it do this? Well, first take $100,000,000 from the teachers' pension fund, then lower salaries for all your teachers. If the teachers complain or protest, take away their right to unionize and strike. See? It's easy.

Even when those pesky teachers keep protesting, you can just threaten to end the entire public school system and use charter schools instead.

After all, no good government wants free-thinking, successful teachers, do they? Honduras teachers are referred to as "the only working class that ever truly developed."

Where is the Money Going?
Well, since the education cuts, salaries for both the military and the police have increased. But, that's understandable after all the extra work the Police are having to do while fighting these protestors. The Honduran teachers will not give up, even when they are being teargassed, killed and beaten by the Police.

And IMF, the company that gave the Honduras government $200 million in exchange for their promise to cut education, says this sequence of events is "broadly in line with expectations."
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