Poverty out of sight: Philippines erects wall to hide slums from anti-poverty conference

[Judi Lynn]

Poverty out of sight: Philippines erects wall to hide slums from anti-poverty conference



[font size=1]Pat Roque/Associated Press - A protester holds a sign during a rally coinciding with the 45th Annual Meeting
of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank Wednesday, May 2, 2012 in Manila, Philippines.
The protesters were rallying against the bank’s alleged role in the privatization of energy and water sectors and
in pushing coal and other dirty technologies in Asia and the Pacific.[/font]

By Associated Press, Wednesday, May 2, 9:41 PM

MANILA, Philippines — Delegates attending an international conference in the Philippines capital may not see what they came to discuss: abject poverty.

A makeshift, temporary wall has been erected across a bridge on a road from the airport to downtown Manila that hides a sprawling slum along a garbage-strewn creek.

Presidential spokesman Ricky Carandang defended the wall’s installation, saying Thursday “any country will do a little fixing up before a guest comes.”

More:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/poverty-out-of-sight-philippines-erects-wall-to-hide-slums-from-anti-poverty-conference/2012/05/02/gIQA6IOpxT_story.html

[limpyhobbler]

1. Sounds like the same kind of thing that would happen in American city.

A lot of these protests from all over the world all look so similar, and the issues are so similar. Basically saying quit robbing the commons and the common treasury to benefit a few who already have great wealth. And quit poisoning our water and air. Similar issues everywhere.

[Suji to Seoul]

2. Governments to the poor: Just fucking die already

If you were worth anything, you would be rich.

Ain't social Darwinism wonderful?

[madrchsod]

3. mayor daley did the same thing before the 1968 convention....

[polly7]

4. Thanks for the thread Judi Lynn. nt.

[Odin2005]

5. Thats because they don't really care about the poor.

It's all a show, it's PR. I'm sure none of these delegates are poor themselves, they are upper middle class and rich people who "care" about the poor in so far as it helps their reputation and soothes their conscience. If they really cared about the poor they would all be Leftists and their meeting would be suppressed.