Thank you.
Thank you for your presentation; it has enlightened me. It becomes very clear from your presentation how important the rule of law is when it is adhered to. When you don't go by the rule of law, you have corruption, poverty, and of course human rights violations, because no one goes necessarily by the rule of law.
In Honduras I'm quite sure the rule of law is precarious at best. The reason for a weak police force may be low pay. These people are in a position in which they can be a little corrupt, and that's how they feed their people.
I'm going to change the direction a little. I come from a rural riding in southwestern Ontario, and of course agriculture is a big part of our community. Agriculture productivity in Honduras is weak, and many regions in the country suffer from serious food insecurity.
Honduras' growing rural population also exerts pressure on the natural resources base, and the country faces environmental issues of land degradation and deforestation. That's a little different from the situation of our rural areas. Our rural areas are shrinking, not in size but in numbers.
I suggest again that it's because of poverty. People have to subsist, so they move to some place where they can get a little piece of land and maybe cut down a tree or two to keep themselves warm at certain times.
What proportion of the Honduran agricultural sector is made up of large foreign or domestic corporations, and what proportion is made up of peasant farmers?