Submitted by Elizabeth Roebling (not verified) on Sat, 04/05/2008 - 10:31.
The issue underlying this is that the rice is imported - as is the majority of Haiti's food.... there is an embargo on the chickens and eggs from the DR...Across the border - the DR is a net exporter of food. But Haiti has lived for years on remittances, on charity, on buying rather than producing, so now it has nothing that it grows excpt the fine fresh vegtables and the great fish from its waters and the coconuts and mangos.
food riots in Haiti
The issue underlying this is that the rice is imported - as is the majority of Haiti's food.... there is an embargo on the chickens and eggs from the DR...Across the border - the DR is a net exporter of food. But Haiti has lived for years on remittances, on charity, on buying rather than producing, so now it has nothing that it grows excpt the fine fresh vegtables and the great fish from its waters and the coconuts and mangos.