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Skyrocketing food prices fueled by unusual extreme weather provided spark for Tunisian revolution

by on 07. Feb, 2011 in Uncategorized

In this surprising people power revolt that exploded in the new year, the usual recipe for an uprising was at play – fundamental underlying issues like repression, autocratic rule, corruption and growing unemployment. But the trigger or the immediate cause, significantly, was fuel and food, especially rising food prices. The rising food prices that shook [...]