Haitian Famine

"Brasilian soldiers handed out food to the residents of a shanty town in Haiti on Tuesday in the calm of the rioting over food prices. No country has escaped the effects of escalating wheat and rice prices though the poorer nations like Haiti have been hardest hit."

Raj Patel: "Haiti at the moment is a place of incredible turmoil. For months, people in Haiti have been going hungry..."

"Recent rises in the price of rice have tipped people over the edge. Last week 5 people were killed in food protests - four protesters and one UN peace keeper.

"Over the weekend, the prime minister of Haiti was voted out of office by a special session of the senate. With such endemic policies the people can't afford to eat, in part because of US policy and in part because of the policies of the regime..."