$16 million advertising budget for Guatemalan Executive Branch

The Executive Branch has been assigned $16.7 million for advertising in 2009, and the figure could reach $24 million.

Friday, February 6, 2009

According to a note published on prensalibre.com, in 2008 around $10 million was utilized.

"Rosa Maria de Frade, a lawmaker from the Guatemala Party and ex-secretary of Social Communication for the Presidency, emphasized that the Government will have to establish priorities and measures to deal with the crisis.

'Social investment should be a priority, and I believe that Q137 million for a year exceeds any amount that was invested in the past'."

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