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Riot police clash with Panamanians over food prices in Panama City
09 May 2008
Source: Reuters
 
Riot police clash with Panamanians over food prices in Panama City, May 9, 2008. If food prices continue to rise by double-digit percentages and wages remain stagnant, over 30 million more people will be thrown into poverty in Latin America, half of those into extreme poverty, a recent U.N. study said. Panama could be among the worst hit. REUTERS/Alberto Lowe (PANAMA)
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