Protests over food prices paralyze Haitian capital
Food riots grip Port Au Prince
By Joseph Guyler Delva
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haitians erected fiery barricades and tried to storm the National Palace on Tuesday as protests against rising food prices, which have killed five people, paralyzed the impoverished nation's capital.
Some demonstrators in the city carried empty plates to show the government they had nothing to eat.
...
--------------------------------------------------------------
Food-riot watch: Egypt protests spook government
Mon, 04/07/2008 - 2:53pm
KHALED DESOUKI/AFP/ Egypt's economic and political pressure cooker gave a kick and a hiss yesterday as a crackdown to prevent a general strike resulted in over 200 arrests throughout the country. The unrest was provoked by rising prices and falling wages. As Blake has reported, Egypt is a big wheat importer with a corrupt bread subsidy program, and the country heads into local elections tomorrow.
...
No comments:
Post a Comment