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President Evo Morales cut his salary by more than half and declared that no Cabinet minister can collect a higher wage than his, with the savings to be used to hire more public school teachers.
The move followed a campaign pledge to tackle political corruption and restore honesty to the government of South America’s poorest country. But critics called it a propaganda ploy that will do little to help the needy.
Morales announced Thursday that his salary would be $1,875 a month–a 57 percent cut from the previous president’s earnings–and that his Cabinet would also have their salaries capped at that figure.
