Aditya Chakrabortty The Guardian, Friday July 4 2008
Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75%
Far more than previously estimated - according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. The damning unpublished assessment is based on the most detailed analysis of the crisis so far, carried out by an internationally-respected economist at global financial body. The figure emphatically contradicts the US government's claims that plant-derived fuels contribute less than 3% to food-price rises.
Global South Leaders Agree: More Integration is Key
July 8, 2008
Last week, two developing country organizations, Mercosur and the Non-Aligned Movement met in Latin America.
Of course the US press largely ignored the many calls for third world unity coming from the reunions, except to paintChavez as alone in his dislike of the reactivation of the US Navy's Fourth Fleet or in his condemnation of the EU's new anti-immigrant law. But a cursory glance at the Spanish language press reveals widespread backing of both views. Brazil's Lula, among others, is also concerned as to why the US intends to send a huge naval battalion.
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