Blog Post #2

Mozambique is a very poor country in southern Africa. Their bread tax went up to 20 cents for a loaf of bread. This price hike on bread cause food riots. A total of 13 people got killed, just over an increase on bread. This extra 20 cents was extremely important because most people in Mozambique only made about a dollar a day. I see globalization in this story as the government abusing the costs of things. The government is making it harder for them to be able to eat. Mozambique is impacted because of the 13 people that died from riots, and they still don't have enough money to pay for the bread. After the riots ended, the minister said that the government was going to reverse the the 30% tax hike on bread. This country has little to survive on. Mozambique only makes about one third of wheat they need to survive on, the only other place they get their wheat from is 5,000 miles away. The government is now saying that they are going to subsidize the purchase of wheat to keep the bread prices the same.