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St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Food Crisis?

Friday, May 2nd, 2008 @ 18:49 UTC

by Janine Mendes-Franco

Countries:: St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Topics:: Cyber-Activism, Economics, Food, Politics
Languages:: English

Blogging from St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Abeni says: “Our Prime Minister has said there is no food crisis on our shores and that may be so. However, there is no denying that cost of living has increased sharply which means that shopping is becoming quite an art”:

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