Child Care Takes
Precedence Over
Eradicating
Slums in Costa
Rica
More than 5.000
of Costa Rica's
poorest families
will have to
wait to get out
of the "precarios"
(slum housing)
since the
Chinchilla
government is
giving priority
to the "programa
nacional de
guardería"
(national child
care program)
and diverting
funds from the
Instituto
Nacional de
Vivienda y
Urbanismo (INVU).
Some ¢3 billion
colones had been
earmarked by the
previous
administration
towards
eradicating
slums. The funds
were approved in
the last days of
his
administration
by oscar Arias,
but as of now
the program will
count with only
¢900 million
colones.
The ¢2.1 billion
is being
dedicated to the
child care
program promised
by presidenta
Chinchilla
during her
election
campaign, of
which ¢500
million will be
used directly
for a national
network for
child care
centres and ¢1.6
billion will be
used by the INVU
to meet its
budget deficit
that has been
accumulating for
years.
Of course the
news caused
angered many
slum dwellers,
especially those
of the Rincón
Grande de Pavas,
Guarari de
Heredia and
Tejarcillos de
Alajuelita that
had been
targeted to
receive help, as
well as others
in Cartago and
rural areas.
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