One of the central explantions for poverty in Latin America is the existing inequality among its inhabitants, wich has made this region the most unbalanced over the planet. The Pope Juan Pablo II has said repeatedly in recent times, "poverty is something urgent and can not wait" and has added: "Development can not be attained at any cost". Economics Nobel Prize awarded, Amartya Sen says: "Measures on development of human groups and societies can not be done using macroeconomic indicators, they work fine but are only averages. It is imperative to measure what is happening with the ultimate goals". He also says: "When somebody addresses me about development, he should talk to me about what is happening with children mortality, with life expectation, with access to education, with access to culture, with participative exercise of freedom, etc. If these issues move forward then there is development, if not, then average indicators may be illusory or misleading". In this meeting was possible to confirm that many of things happening don't pass the ultimate ethical indicators test, and should be criticized from the economics eficiency and ethics standpoints which are at the end the ultimate goals for a society.

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