2007Apr4: Fidel Castro criticizes US use of grains to produce biofuels, because it will raise food prices and cause more hunger in developing countries (BBC, 2007).
Reference: BBC. 2007. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6525059.stm
Image Description: Cuban President Fidel Castro and Brazilian President Lula. The photo was taken by Ricardo Stuckert/Agencia Brasil, 2003Sept26. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fidel_Castro12.jpeg Image Permission: This file is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Brazil License.
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