In its most recent report, the Central American Institute of Fiscal Studies praises the region's growth rate of 4.5% and stability. But macroeconomic figures are based on imports and exports, the strength or weakness of currencies, and government spending, reflecting financial but not societal well-being. For millions of impoverished Central Americans, the improved statistics do not reflect their precarious economic situation. Gerardo Torres reports from Tegucigalpa. teleSUR
