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Some OPEC countries have already made this formula work with their oil. But the U.S. is by far the largest producer of the other most needed resource: food. Clearly, it must use its farm resources both to finance its oil imports and to help feed a hungry world...
...provided Mengistu's regime with nearly $900 million in military assistance for his wars against Somalia and secessionist rebels in Eritrea, has not done anything remotely comparable to alleviate the internal catastrophes. As usual, it is Western nations working with the FAO that are providing emergency aid to feed starving Ethiopians by airlift before rains make the affected provinces unreachable. The U.S. alone has contributed nearly $2.5 million in the past six months to help Ethiopians...
...Feed my youth to prison cells
Brazilian environmentalists worry over the long-range impact of Ludwig's deforestation. To feed the mill's appetite, Ludwig's crews have cleared nearly 250,000 acres of jungle so far and planted 81 million fast-growing trees; the raw wood will be hauled to the plant on 150 miles of Ludwig-built railroad...
Prices of basic foods went up 100% in the past year. The legal minimum wage is $30 a month, the approximate pay of a laborer or a foot soldier, but it buys only enough meal to feed a family for about two weeks. Social services in Zaïre are almost nonexistent, and there is corruption everywhere. At night, after the 6 p.m. curfew, small groups of soldiers appear and begin taking "collections" from the public. For Europeans this practice can be upsetting; for Africans it can be brutalizing. Says a European resident in Lubumbashi: "The army is trying...