[NYTr] Nica: Ortega on a Crusade Against Hunger
 
Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2007 12:36:31 -0500 (CDT)


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Nica Prez on a Crusade against Hunger

Managua, Aug 5 (Prensa Latina) We cannot relax or be happy as long as
we have families in poverty in Nicaragua, said President Daniel Ortega
as he presented over 300 productive bonds in northern Nicaragua.

The ceremony, held in the Condega municipality, 145 miles north of
Managua, on Saturday night, was part of the Zero Hunger program started
by the Sandinista Government in May.

Each productive bond, worth $2,000, includes a cow and a pig, both
pregnant, as well as poultry, seeds, farming implements and other
inputs, so that every household is able to produce their own food.

In his speech, Ortega reiterated the apolitical nature of the
$150-million Zero Hunger program, aimed to benefit 75,000 Nicaraguan
families in the next five years.

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