2008Apr: A report from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s office says that Haiti’s current food crisis threatens its domestic security (BBC, 2008). Rising food prices are blamed on high oil prices, growing Asian and Latin American economies, population growth, and higher demand for biofuels.
Reference: BBC. 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7325733.stm
Image Description: U.S. Marines from the 3rd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment patrol the streets of Port-au-Prince, Haiti. DoD photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force, 2004Mar9. Image Location: Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Port-au-Prince_med.jpg Image Permission: This image or file is a work of a US Marine or employee, taken or made during the course of the person’s official duties. As a work of the US federal government, the image or file is in the public domain.
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