80% increase in food prices some places

80% increase in food prices in some places. The following article reports that in some third world developing nations the price of food is up 80%. For people living on a dollar or less a day this means they will likely starve during the next year.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7262830.stm

There is a chain reaction effect happening around the world. It is said that the countries around the world living with the US are mice sleeping next to an elephant. If the elephant coughs or turns over sometimes the mice go deaf or get squished. When the United States is doing well other third world nations might just get enough food to not die but when the US has problems like now many people will starve in those same nations. It is the way of the world now. It looks like many people won't make it in third world nations the way things are going here in the US now.