tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459520319181539184.post3792651847807588141..comments2024-01-20T14:20:27.688-08:00Comments on The Reality Check: IF SAN PEDRO SULA IS MURDER CAPITAL OF THE WORLD, WHO MADE IT THAT WAY? davidbaconhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08469116035735786689noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3459520319181539184.post-6956490725630264862019-06-14T02:29:39.495-07:002019-06-14T02:29:39.495-07:00Thank you for this very informative essay on labor...Thank you for this very informative essay on labor conditions in Honduras. I will share it to my Catholic Labor Notes page and wherever else I can. You correctly note that it is not merely gang violence but economic conditions and violence against labor by employer and governmental forces that has forced much of the migration. I would like to note for people a article in the Washington Post, Thursday, June 13, 2019, "How your cup of coffee figures into migrant crisis at the border." about the effects of coffee bean prices on migration from Guatemala. The fair trade coffee movement has failed to save the small farmers of Central America. The fair trade price goes to the exporting distributor, not the farmer. Even additional premium pricing by Starbucks for soil protection efforts, etc and other outside aid has not helped farmers who are now selling for less than the growing costs. While Americans still pay high prices at the coffee shop a world wide coffee production glut has driven down the wholesale price of beans. I am inclined to call the token efforts to help farmers as the liberal cup of coffee. Joseph Drakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10897551461755264254noreply@blogger.com