Dinero enviado a América Latina y el Caribe cae 11 por ciento
De acuerdo a información publicada (en idioma inglés) en el diario MEDILL de Chicago, el 2009 es el primer año, de los últimos 25, en que las Remesas hacia América Latina y El Caribe decrecen.
The year 2009 was the first time remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean decreased in 25 years. Remittances were down to around $58 billion, 11 percent lower than in 2008, according to a World Bank report published November 2009.
The Inter-American Development Bank estimates that more than three-quarters of remittances to this region originate in the United States.
“Many people who were sending money back home are now unemployed,” said Edwin Silverman, bureau chief of the Illinois Bureau of Refugee and Immigrant Services.
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