Have both the radio and the TV on waiting for Preval to speak. Nothing - just retro Bob Marley music with the message that the President will give a special message "En quelques instants...". It's been there for at least the last hour...
Mary made a comment that it's a bit like when there's a coup in a country - all local TV stations just play music while the population waits. The smoke that we can see from our balcony along with sporadic gun shots and helicopters aren't making us feel any less nervous. It's most probably harmless - more tires burning, some idiots waving their guns around, and VIPs travelling around in helos for security reasons - but defnitely not helping.
A couple of articles on the global rise in food prices:
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/international/2008/04/08/002-denree-alimentaire-prix.shtml
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1684910,00.html
What both, not to mention other articles all agree on is that this food crisis is not going away anytime soon and that it's very much linked to the energy crisis, not to mention climate change and population growth.
In terms of the price of rice, apparently the catalyst of the current crisis is due to a virtual doubling of the price over the last few weeks.
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