MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, DECEMBER 13,

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 002495 SIPDIS DEPT. FOR WHA/PD; IIP/G/WHA DIPASQUALE; AND IIP/T/ES DEPT. FOR PM AND EB/TRA DEPT. FOR WHA/EPSC, WHA/PPC AND WHA/CEN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: OIIP KPAO PGOV MASS EAID HO SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON DEBT FORGIVENESS, DECEMBER 13, 2005 ¶1. On 12/13 the San Pedro Sula-based liberal daily "La Prensa" published an op-ed by Hernando Carcamo entitled "Debt Forgiveness." "Something that our leaders should be clear on is that if we got debt forgiveness it was to relieve the burden of annual payments. It is necessary to make decisions to avoid acquiring more debt because, if we don't avoid this, in a few years we will be back where we were." "Let's remember that we won't miss what we never had. False expectations shouldn't be created and we should be mindful that only with hard work can we go forward with our lives. That is what other countries who forgave debts did." Ford