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Monday, January 7, 2013

As Bio-fuel demand grows, so do Guatemala hunger pangs

With its corn-based diet and proximity to the United States, Central America has long been vulnerable to economic riptides related to the United States’ corn policy.  
Now that the United States is using 40 percent of its crop to make Bio-fuel, it is not surprising that tortilla prices have doubled in Guatemala, which imports nearly half of its corn


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