Current Event 2 
Rodney Colt Feimster
GLST 200-001
Student ID:25709323
Current Event 2: 2.81m hungry in drought stricken Central America
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/08/31/281m_hungry_in_droughtstricken_Central_America/ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2014/09/01/2003598786 I found this article through World News, which is why I included two links. World News used this article from Taipei times.
Overview:
A drought has ravaged through South and Central America affecting the so-called “dry corridor.” This dry corridor region affects southern Guatemala, Northern Honduras, and western El Salvador. According to Taipei Times who interviewed a farmer in a rural town in southern Honduras, the farmer says, “The drought has killed us. We lost all our corn and beans,” said Olman Funez who is a 22 year old farmer. According to Taipei Times, the farmer earns 4.74 in US dollars per diem as a day laborer and him and his wife are living off of this amount. The Taipei Times also says that Guatemala has declared a state of emergency after 256,000 families lost their crops. WOW! This drought also affects the coffee industry, which is a main import for most people in Central and South America. Guatemala’s National Coffee Association did a preliminary survey on the country’s biggest coffee growing regions, Santa Rosa and Jutiapa and stated that the drought will have caused a 3 percent decrease in output. The article also states that none of Central America’s four other major coffee producers, which include Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica have put out their forecasts due to the drought. 2.81 million people are struggling to feed themselves due to this crop loss.
This article interests me due to the fact that here in America, California is also struggling with a drought and no one seems to care there, as people are still continuing to water their lawns for the sake of “competing with the Joneses” to keep a green lawn. For the people and farmers of South and
GLST 200-001
Student ID:25709323
Current Event 2: 2.81m hungry in drought stricken Central America
http://article.wn.com/view/2014/08/31/281m_hungry_in_droughtstricken_Central_America/ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2014/09/01/2003598786 I found this article through World News, which is why I included two links. World News used this article from Taipei times.
Overview:
A drought has ravaged through South and Central America affecting the so-called “dry corridor.” This dry corridor region affects southern Guatemala, Northern Honduras, and western El Salvador. According to Taipei Times who interviewed a farmer in a rural town in southern Honduras, the farmer says, “The drought has killed us. We lost all our corn and beans,” said Olman Funez who is a 22 year old farmer. According to Taipei Times, the farmer earns 4.74 in US dollars per diem as a day laborer and him and his wife are living off of this amount. The Taipei Times also says that Guatemala has declared a state of emergency after 256,000 families lost their crops. WOW! This drought also affects the coffee industry, which is a main import for most people in Central and South America. Guatemala’s National Coffee Association did a preliminary survey on the country’s biggest coffee growing regions, Santa Rosa and Jutiapa and stated that the drought will have caused a 3 percent decrease in output. The article also states that none of Central America’s four other major coffee producers, which include Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica have put out their forecasts due to the drought. 2.81 million people are struggling to feed themselves due to this crop loss.
This article interests me due to the fact that here in America, California is also struggling with a drought and no one seems to care there, as people are still continuing to water their lawns for the sake of “competing with the Joneses” to keep a green lawn. For the people and farmers of South and