[Panama] Poverty Has Risen

from Noriegaville News

A poll by Dichter & Neira Latin Research Network held early February shows that 66.8% of the Panamanians think that poverty has increased during the last 10 years.

Remarkably, there is no difference of opinion between people of different political affiliation; the number of 66.8% is the same among supporters and opponents of the current government.

They are supported in this opinion by figures from the United Nations Development Program, which show that 40% of the Panamanians are poor, while 16.6% of the poor are extremely poor.