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Spanish Pronto Reading PracticeMonday, July 09, 2007Welcome to the Spanish Pronto Reading Practice! The article below is divided into two sections:
The full text of this article is available at: http://www.cronica.com.mx/nota.php?id_nota=310800
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You will probably learn the most from this reading practice if you first do your best to figure out the meaning of each Spanish word or sentence yourself before you look at the translation or the glossary. There is no test, but you can test yourself as you go!
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By Adolfo Sánchez-Venegas | National bureau, La Crónica de Hoy
Sábado 7 de julio de 2007 | Hora de publicación: 01:47
Saturday, July 7, 2007 | Time of publication: 1:47 a.m.
El problema de la pobreza no se resuelve con caridad o acciones filantrópicas, sino a través de acciones categóricas para revertir el círculo de miseria, dijo ayer el presidente Felipe Calderón.
The poverty problem is not solved by charity or philanthropic action, but through categorical action to undo the cycle of poverty, President Felipe Calderón said yesterday.
Por ello, expuso, la reforma hacendaria propuesta al Congreso de la Unión busca superar la pobreza en la que se encuentra 60 por ciento de las familias mexicanas que viven en el campo, “porque —advirtió— si no corregimos esa desigualdad ahora, se seguirán incubando en todo el país y particularmente en el campo, rencores y agravios que se exacerban con intenciones políticas y que pueden romper totalmente las posibilidades de desarrollo del país”.
Because of this, he explained, the budget reforms proposed to the national Congress seek to overcome the poverty in which 60 percent of rural Mexican families find themselves, “because,” he warned, “if we do not correct that inequality now, then throughout the nation, and especially in the countryside, resentments and grievances will continue to fester which are exacerbated by political motives and which can completely destroy the nation’s chances for development.”
PART II: INTERMEDIATE TO ADVANCED
El sector rural, puntualizó el mandatario, concentra aún la pobreza y la pobreza extrema, además es el escenario de marcados contrastes con el resto del país:
Por un lado hay un campo moderno que produce los alimentos que consumen las familias, las materias primas para las industrias y que es un importante generador de divisas, pero también existen muchas zonas que aún enfrentan graves rezagos, miseria y falta de oportunidades.
Ahí, apuntó, viven familias que no tienen una subsistencia porque el ingreso en promedio que reciben es menor a 10 pesos al día. “Familias que integran esos 20 millones de mexicanos que viven en la miseria extrema, lo cual significa pobreza alimentaria y que no tienen para comer. Pobreza que significa que uno de cada dos mexicanos vive en ella, la mitad del país”.
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