NEW YORK.- Dominican Republic president Leonel Fernandez on Wednesday affirmed that unstable food and crude prices have sparked concerns, political unrest and a problems of nourishment insecurity among millions of people around the world.
Speaking in an United Nations panel on the topic, the chief executive said the 2008 global crisis unleashed spiraling food and petroleum prices, whose impact reached its maximum level in the summer of that year, when it was felt around the world.
He said though not with the same intensity, the phenomenon repeats itself, creating jittery markets, which leads to a volatile ambiance in food prices and together with higher inflation, fiscal deficits and the currency devaluation, have impacted the macroeconomic stability of many countries. "As a result of that situation nearly 150 million people more, in addition to the 925 million who’ve already suffered the effects of hunger around the world in 2009."
"A hungry man is an angry man and has caused that more than 60 nations around the world were affected with revolts, causing political instability as well," the chief executive said in a statement issued by the National Palace.
Fernandez added that problem puts the accomplishments of the millennium development goals at risk, as well as the advances in the reduction of poverty.
Written by: josean, 11 Apr 2012 5:01 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"NEW YORK.- Dominican Republic president Leonel Fernandez on Wednesday affirmed that unstable food and crude prices have sparked concerns, political unrest and a problems of nourishment insecurity among millions of people around the world."
Since the beginning of recorded time you IDIOT!
What's NEW about that!
Written by: josean, 11 Apr 2012 5:05 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"A hungry man is an angry man"
What were you listening to Bob Marley on the flight up to New York?
Written by: josean, 11 Apr 2012 5:12 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
"macroeconomic stability"
I would like to slap the person who taught this JERK that phrase!
From: United States
All he is worried about is political instability.If the masses are hungry they will prevent him and his friends from robbing us blind.
From: Cuba, La Havana, Que Viva La Revolucion
lmao
omg
wtf
sob
gal
kma
Written by: RoyStone, 11 Apr 2012 9:29 PM
From: Australia
Stable-food prices?
You should not own a horse if you are worried about the price of chaff.
How about dealing with the main culprit, population explosion, in your own county first, Leo?
Written by: anthonyC, 11 Apr 2012 11:39 PM
From: United States
I seriously can't decide who has the lesser grasp of basic economics. Lionel or Josie.
Written by: juanb, 12 Apr 2012 12:53 AM
From: Dominican Republic
I'd rather go with the below comment.
Written by: juanb, 12 Apr 2012 12:56 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Unstable food prices lead to turmoil, Fernandez warns.
And 8 years of your inept government has led us to be one of the lowest rated, in all the important categories, of 141 countries. Thanks.
Written by: josean, 12 Apr 2012 6:39 AM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Danilo Slaps Lie-onel Fernandez in the face and says HE will not Dishonor Juan Bosch and will reduce poverty!
“I would never dishonor the memory of my teacher, Professor Juan Bosch," said Medina, presidential candidate of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party.”
“Danilo Medina promete reducir la pobreza y no “deshonrar a Juan Bosch”
“Jamás deshonraría la memoria de mi maestro, el profesor Juan Bosch”, expresó Medina, candidato presidencial del oficialista Partido de la Liberación Dominicana.”
Acento.com
Written by: Vivacuba, 12 Apr 2012 8:17 AM
From: Dominican Republic
Roy, the world is not overpopulated
Written by: RoyStone, 12 Apr 2012 8:22 AM
From: Australia
I have trouble with Vivacuba's post due to Poe's Law
Written by: zooma, 12 Apr 2012 8:41 AM
From: United States
Why worry about food prices ? Jonathan Swift had "A Modest Proposal" to remedy the problem.
The social problems of the world cannot be resolved with just talk, it needs action.
From: United States, FREEPORT, Long Island.... ((You're blind to the fact that you're blind))
At the same time Leo allows this to happen ---------->Top official says fuel prices to stay put, even with lower crude
Written by: RoyStone, 12 Apr 2012 12:35 PM
From: Australia
Very radical proposal, zooma,
It will never work.
Still "talk" has problems too - it requires some effort, someone else listening, and can be dangerous. My preference is for private wishful-thinking, otherwise known as "prayer".
Written by: josean, 12 Apr 2012 3:46 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Lie-onel gets Slapped for his BS theatre!
"Serulle says that Fernández proposal to the UN is "theater"
"The presidential candidate of the Frente Amplio, Julián Serulle, today urged President Leonel Fernandez to put into practice in the Dominican Republic the proposal he presented to the United Nations (UN) to reduce the prices of food and avoid speculation."
"Serulle said that Fernández in the nearly 12 years which he has ruled the country he has not implemented a single measure to develop domestic production and has abandoned the agricultural producers."
"Has he promoted policies so that fields are planted and producing with technology?, he asked, stating afterwards that all the president is doing "is nothing more than a theatre".
The source: ATABEY's and the PLD’s favorite rag, Listin Diario
"Serulle dice que propuesta de Fernández ante la ONU es un “teatro”
Written by: RoyStone, 12 Apr 2012 3:54 PM
From: Australia
So this country can't grow enough to feed itself? When you take out loans just to put food on the table, you should know you're in trouble, and not keep having more kids.
Written by: josean, 13 Apr 2012 5:02 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Now Lie-onel Fernandez pisses off members of his own party!
“Fernandez promises to "resolve" a case that’s in the hands of the Superior Electoral Tribunal”
NEW YORK. -- The alleged promise of President Leonel Fernández to "solve" the legal situation in which is the candidacy of reformist Carlos Gomez to be an overseas deputy, has created unrest among candidates to this position from the Dominican Liberation Party.
Read the rest at 7dias.com.do
13 de Abril del 2012, 11:11 AM
Fernández habría prometido "resolver" caso que está en manos del Tribunal Superior Electoral
“NUEVA YORK.-- La supuesta promesa del presidente Leonel Fernández de “resolver” la situación jurídica en que se encuentra la candidatura del reformista Carlos Gómez a una diputación de ultramar, ha creado malestar entre los aspirantes a esa posición por el Partido de la Liberación Dominicana.”
“Gómez es un importante aportador de fondos a la campaña del PLD y tiene mucho dinero para gastarlo, se dijo.”
From: United States
IIf you like to keep the foreign investment in malls, industries, business, etc to atract more jobs
If you think it's a good idea the new highway between Azua and la vega ( South-Cibao area)
If you like what Maximo Gomez and Churchill look , in relation to 10 years ago
If you are SOOO tired of Pepe Goico-Quirino drug traffick and Hipo clown stories..
If you think , it's unfair that in 4 years Hipolito NEVER build ANYTHING in 4 years
If you dont want the bankrupcy of dominican economy
If you think that the failiure of 3 major dominican banks never should happens for ineptitude of Hipo goverment
If you dont want the dolar 60 x 1
If you think Santo Domingo is way fancier than 10 years ago..
.............If you want to keep the progress
You know what you need to do..This may 20th
Be grateful as dominican..
Please dont believe me,gossips, or empty promises. Believe what you can use and see with your own eyes..
Vote for PLD.. to keep the progress.
From: United States
IF..
If you ever enjoy the autopista duarte widening ( Instead of 3 1/2 hours... you get to santiago in 2:15 m),
if you ever use the Nunez de caceres Tunnel,
if you ever use the elevados,
If you try the new Ortega y gasset new express way to UASD
If you like the Metro,and the fact that 400,000 dominicans use ito go to work and study
If you use the new 2 bridges by Ozama river
if you enjoy crossing santo domingo from autopista duarte, to Ozama river in 15 minutes,
'
if you enjoy the panoramic view of skyscrapers all over the Mirador ( and proud to show them to foreigners)
If you ever visit Plaza de la Salud
If you like to use 27 de febrero express way,
If you have recently go to Bavaro using the new highway..
If you plan to go to samana using the new autopista de Coral..
..continue
Written by: RoyStone, 15 Apr 2012 5:09 PM
From: Australia
ohhhvictor, asks
"If you plan to go to samana using the new autopista de Coral.."
We drove up this new road some weeks ago, and around the new Samana Peninsula scenic route (still to be completed) then wrote a very glowing report on it here in Dominican Today on our return. It seems posters only notice when I say something critical about this country, and not when I pay complements, which I have done on a number of occasions.
From: United States
Anyway Roy, I am jealous, I have to go there...My family invite to see the panoramic view..
Everybody says it was remarkably beautiful..
Written by: josean, 15 Apr 2012 5:33 PM
From: United States, Fighting the Dictatorship of the Narco PLD Mafia; Guillermo Moreno President 2016
Yes keep the Purple Progress of Corruption:
“With regard to corruption, he pointed out that in 2011 the country increased its corruption index from the level of 101 to 129, according to the world report issued by Transparency International."
Written by: RoyStone, 15 Apr 2012 5:38 PM
From: Australia
ohhhvictor,
When you are there, take a horse-ride to the El Lemon waterfall for a cool swim. Also Rincon Beach at the end of the peninsula is beautiful. Samana township is also very nice. There are some excellent B & B's in Las Tarrenos if you are staying overnight.
The tourist drive has some good scenic lookout points, but unfortunately no parking or picnic facilities. Maybe it's not safe to stop too long there.
From: United States
Ohh my Gosh Roy .
Now I am super jealous..
I am drooling ! I am tired of Florida gray waters....
Now I really want to go..
Written by: cocoa, 10 May 2012 10:29 AM
From: Ecuador
has always been a problem that food and everything goes up and wages stay the same ..i recently returned from dominican and i found prices outrageously high and comparable to canada and u.s.a so how the poor going to feed themselves when most of the, make like 7000 pesos a monh which is like under 200 dollars a month..it is a sin that these people have to live like this,,so mr f_ckface there should be set wage for the people so them and their children dont starve
Written by: cocoa, 10 May 2012 10:35 AM
From: Ecuador
in fact in puntacana i was so bad that behind he condo where i was renting,,construction workers had to sleep in the condos they were constructing cause no $ for rent and i seen them going in garbage can looking for food..something wrong with the picture dont you think ..7 days a week working in the hot sun all day and not enough $ to eat ..yet these condos they sell for 200,000 us dollars and more a piece and they pay these workers like 300 pesos a day to work manual labour = 7.00 a day ...
From: Dominican Republic
cocoa ur absolutly right.but this country doesn't want change.the pld in power don't either.there could eastly be a minium wage here adn a penalty for componies hiring illegals but that will never happen,cops don't even go to jail here only fired.what u expect
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"NEW YORK.- Dominican Republic president Leonel Fernandez on Wednesday affirmed that unstable food and crude prices have sparked concerns, political unrest and a problems of nourishment insecurity among millions of people around the world."
Since the beginning of recorded time you IDIOT!
What's NEW about that!
"A hungry man is an angry man"
What were you listening to Bob Marley on the flight up to New York?
"macroeconomic stability"
I would like to slap the person who taught this JERK that phrase!
lmao
omg
wtf
sob
gal
kma
You should not own a horse if you are worried about the price of chaff.
How about dealing with the main culprit, population explosion, in your own county first, Leo?
Unstable food prices lead to turmoil, Fernandez warns.
And 8 years of your inept government has led us to be one of the lowest rated, in all the important categories, of 141 countries. Thanks.
Danilo Slaps Lie-onel Fernandez in the face and says HE will not Dishonor Juan Bosch and will reduce poverty!
“I would never dishonor the memory of my teacher, Professor Juan Bosch," said Medina, presidential candidate of the ruling Dominican Liberation Party.”
“Danilo Medina promete reducir la pobreza y no “deshonrar a Juan Bosch”
“Jamás deshonraría la memoria de mi maestro, el profesor Juan Bosch”, expresó Medina, candidato presidencial del oficialista Partido de la Liberación Dominicana.”
Acento.com
Why worry about food prices ? Jonathan Swift had "A Modest Proposal" to remedy the problem.
The social problems of the world cannot be resolved with just talk, it needs action.
It will never work.
Still "talk" has problems too - it requires some effort, someone else listening, and can be dangerous. My preference is for private wishful-thinking, otherwise known as "prayer".
Lie-onel gets Slapped for his BS theatre!
"Serulle says that Fernández proposal to the UN is "theater"
"The presidential candidate of the Frente Amplio, Julián Serulle, today urged President Leonel Fernandez to put into practice in the Dominican Republic the proposal he presented to the United Nations (UN) to reduce the prices of food and avoid speculation."
"Serulle said that Fernández in the nearly 12 years which he has ruled the country he has not implemented a single measure to develop domestic production and has abandoned the agricultural producers."
"Has he promoted policies so that fields are planted and producing with technology?, he asked, stating afterwards that all the president is doing "is nothing more than a theatre".
The source: ATABEY's and the PLD’s favorite rag, Listin Diario
"Serulle dice que propuesta de Fernández ante la ONU es un “teatro”
Now Lie-onel Fernandez pisses off members of his own party!
“Fernandez promises to "resolve" a case that’s in the hands of the Superior Electoral Tribunal”
NEW YORK. -- The alleged promise of President Leonel Fernández to "solve" the legal situation in which is the candidacy of reformist Carlos Gomez to be an overseas deputy, has created unrest among candidates to this position from the Dominican Liberation Party.
Read the rest at 7dias.com.do
13 de Abril del 2012, 11:11 AM
Fernández habría prometido "resolver" caso que está en manos del Tribunal Superior Electoral
“NUEVA YORK.-- La supuesta promesa del presidente Leonel Fernández de “resolver” la situación jurídica en que se encuentra la candidatura del reformista Carlos Gómez a una diputación de ultramar, ha creado malestar entre los aspirantes a esa posición por el Partido de la Liberación Dominicana.”
“Gómez es un importante aportador de fondos a la campaña del PLD y tiene mucho dinero para gastarlo, se dijo.”
If you think it's a good idea the new highway between Azua and la vega ( South-Cibao area)
If you like what Maximo Gomez and Churchill look , in relation to 10 years ago
If you are SOOO tired of Pepe Goico-Quirino drug traffick and Hipo clown stories..
If you think , it's unfair that in 4 years Hipolito NEVER build ANYTHING in 4 years
If you dont want the bankrupcy of dominican economy
If you think that the failiure of 3 major dominican banks never should happens for ineptitude of Hipo goverment
If you dont want the dolar 60 x 1
If you think Santo Domingo is way fancier than 10 years ago..
.............If you want to keep the progress
You know what you need to do..This may 20th
Be grateful as dominican..
Please dont believe me,gossips, or empty promises. Believe what you can use and see with your own eyes..
Vote for PLD.. to keep the progress.
If you ever enjoy the autopista duarte widening ( Instead of 3 1/2 hours... you get to santiago in 2:15 m),
if you ever use the Nunez de caceres Tunnel,
if you ever use the elevados,
If you try the new Ortega y gasset new express way to UASD
If you like the Metro,and the fact that 400,000 dominicans use ito go to work and study
If you use the new 2 bridges by Ozama river
if you enjoy crossing santo domingo from autopista duarte, to Ozama river in 15 minutes,
'
if you enjoy the panoramic view of skyscrapers all over the Mirador ( and proud to show them to foreigners)
If you ever visit Plaza de la Salud
If you like to use 27 de febrero express way,
If you have recently go to Bavaro using the new highway..
If you plan to go to samana using the new autopista de Coral..
..continue
"If you plan to go to samana using the new autopista de Coral.."
We drove up this new road some weeks ago, and around the new Samana Peninsula scenic route (still to be completed) then wrote a very glowing report on it here in Dominican Today on our return. It seems posters only notice when I say something critical about this country, and not when I pay complements, which I have done on a number of occasions.
Everybody says it was remarkably beautiful..
Yes keep the Purple Progress of Corruption:
“With regard to corruption, he pointed out that in 2011 the country increased its corruption index from the level of 101 to 129, according to the world report issued by Transparency International."
When you are there, take a horse-ride to the El Lemon waterfall for a cool swim. Also Rincon Beach at the end of the peninsula is beautiful. Samana township is also very nice. There are some excellent B & B's in Las Tarrenos if you are staying overnight.
The tourist drive has some good scenic lookout points, but unfortunately no parking or picnic facilities. Maybe it's not safe to stop too long there.
Now I am super jealous..
I am drooling ! I am tired of Florida gray waters....
Now I really want to go..