Comments on: The Price of Sugar http://bo.teeks99.com/2011/02/the-price-of-sugar/ Adventures in Boliva Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:30:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: John Donaghy http://bo.teeks99.com/2011/02/the-price-of-sugar/#comment-82 John Donaghy Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:39:08 +0000 http://bo.teeks99.com/?p=150#comment-82 Here in Honduras the cost of beans has skyrocketed. Last July it was about 10 to 12 lempiras a pound (between 55 and 65 cents). It got so bad at one point that beans were going for at least 22 and, in one place, 30 lempiras a pound (that’s $1.25 or $1.59). The government stepped in and set a price of 18 lempiras a pound (about 95¢). At one point a pound of meat was cheaper than a pound of beans.

Beans – with corn tortillas – are a staple of the Honduran diet. Other food items are also going up in price.

Where will this lead?

We haven’t had food riots here. But it does lead to are starving kids.

Thanks for your post!

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