Soaring food prices are a "massacre" of the world's poor and are creating a global nutritional crisis, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday, calling it a sign that capitalism is in decline. His comments came only hours after the United Nations' World Food Program called more expensive food a "silent tsunami" that threatens to plunge more than 100 million people on every continent into hunger. "It is a true massacre what is happening in the world," Chavez said in a televised speech, citing UN statistics about deaths caused by hunger and malnourishment.
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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-prices
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/nutrition
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biofuel
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/venezuela
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