The first semester of 2008 saw the real price of the main food staples climb to a 30 year peak. The food riots in Haiti and the highly politicized “Sovereignty and Food Security: Food for Life” Presidential Summit held in Managua, Nicaragua on the May 7th have brought issues of trade, international aid and crisis mechanisms to the forefront of the regional political and economic agenda. Growing concern over food security and price vulnerability was clearly reflected by the Summit’s call for a regional production and distribution strategy for fairly priced food as well as for a review ...   more »

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From the 16-17th May, European, Latin American and Caribbean Heads of State and Government will congregate in Lima, Peru, for the fifth EU- Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Summit. Delegates will examine specific initiatives on the two major themes of the meeting, “Poverty, inequality and inclusion” and “Sustainable Development: the environment, climate change and energy.”

To mark this occasion, Canning House, London, held a discussion on the summit on the 22nd April 2008. The purpose of the discussion was to analyse the two themes: poverty and sustainable development. The panellists included Ricardo Luna (Ambassador of ...   more »