CULTURE-CHILE: Free Book Selections for 400,000 Families
                   
ipsnews.net     May 15, 2008            

SANTIAGO, May 15 (IPS) - The Chilean government has begun distributing carefully selected packages of books to thousands of low-income families. But the programme aimed at promoting reading is not without its detractors, who question the extent of its real impact. [read full story]                    


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