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The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change
The Guardian ^ | October 30, 2018 | by Oliver Milman, Emily Holden, David Agren

Posted on 10/30/2018 12:28:49 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

Thousands of Central American migrants trudging through Mexico towards the US have regularly been described as either fleeing gang violence or extreme poverty.

But another crucial driving factor behind the migrant caravan has been harder to grasp: climate change.

Most members of the migrant caravans come from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador - three countries devastated by violence, organised crime and systemic corruption, the roots of which can be traced back to the region’s cold war conflicts.

Experts say that alongside those factors, climate change in the region is exacerbating – and sometimes causing – a miasma of other problems including crop failures and poverty.

And they warn that in the coming decades, it is likely to push millions more people north towards the US.

“The focus on violence is eclipsing the big picture - which is that people are saying they are moving because of some version of food insecurity,” said Robert Albro, a researcher at the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University.

“The main reason people are moving is because they don’t have anything to eat. This has a strong link to climate change – we are seeing tremendous climate instability that is radically changing food security in the region.”

Migrants don’t often specifically mention “climate change” as a motivating factor for leaving because the concept is so abstract and long-term, Albro said. But people in the region who depend on small farms are painfully aware of changes to weather patterns that can ruin crops and decimate incomes.

(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: caravan; globalwarming; globalwarminghoax; hoax; propaganda; socialism
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Climate Change ... is there anything it can’t do?


21 posted on 10/30/2018 12:42:34 PM PDT by al_c (https://conventionofstates.com)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What is a more likely cause for a people to forego their typical farmer roots and stop producing enough to supply themselves as well as the markets - OTHER THAN “climate change?”

Socialism, violence, organised crime and systemic corruption! NONE OF WHICH involve “climate change.”


22 posted on 10/30/2018 12:47:56 PM PDT by ExTxMarine (Diversity is tolerance; diverse points of views will not be tolerated!)
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To: eyeamok

Hmm that’s weird I wonder why climate change isn’t affecting Costa Rica, Panama and Belize


23 posted on 10/30/2018 12:51:25 PM PDT by datricker (Cut Taxes Repeal ACA Deport DACA - Americans First, Build the Wall, Lock her up MAGA!)
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To: Alberta's Child
Right — because crops never failed before “climate change.”

Yeah, I'm sure the Irish Potato famine was also caused by climate change . . .

24 posted on 10/30/2018 12:53:00 PM PDT by Charlemagne on the Fox
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Insanity. These people are literally crazy.


25 posted on 10/30/2018 12:55:37 PM PDT by LS ("Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually" (Hendrix))
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To: al_c

Too warm for them in Honduras? Fine, let’s drop them all in...Canada. I’m just sure Trudeau would love to put them up


26 posted on 10/30/2018 12:55:46 PM PDT by ferret_airlift
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

That rascal, Climate Change! Hiding there on the grassy knoll of Honduras..shoving innocent migrants onto the road and forcing them to march.


27 posted on 10/30/2018 12:55:54 PM PDT by ZinGirl (Now a grandma ....can't afford a tagline :))
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It was just a matter of time ...


28 posted on 10/30/2018 1:28:40 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Used to be everything was “Blame Bush” now it is “Blame Trump” or “Blame Climate Change.”

Of course climate change is responsible for banana republic governance, narcotrafficking, and the general lawlessness that plagues these countries. Righto!


29 posted on 10/30/2018 1:32:03 PM PDT by KingofZion
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To: woodbutcher1963
In fact several of them seem like they could use a little exercise.

They will still be plump when they reach our border.

30 posted on 10/30/2018 2:12:53 PM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Apparently I voted demoncrat for 40 years. They all wore 'R' jerseys! 'R'atpublicans!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is there ANYTHING that CAN’T be blamed on globull warming?


31 posted on 10/30/2018 2:17:50 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Twitter is Trump's laser pointer and the DemocRats are all cats.)
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To: eyeamok

OK!! Everybody pay attention!
Lesson for today:
1. The sun is 1,300,000 times as big as the earth.
2. The sun is a giant nuclear furnace that controls the climates of all its planets.
3. The earth is one of the sun’s planets.
4. The earth is a speck in comparison to the size of the sun.
5. Inhabitants of the earth are less than specks.
Study Question: How do less-than-specks in congress plan to control the sun?


32 posted on 10/30/2018 2:29:43 PM PDT by abclily
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

If lord Algore wasn’t such a phony, he’d sell his private jet and mansions to set a good example.


33 posted on 10/30/2018 2:41:00 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ("The MSM is the enemy of the American people"...Democrat Pat Caddell)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The unseen driver behind the migrant caravan: climate change

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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! LOLOLOLOL!


34 posted on 10/30/2018 2:47:18 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: pinkandgreenmom

LOL. You can’t make this stuff up. You really can’t.

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Oh but they do...they really do.


35 posted on 10/30/2018 2:48:10 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

The headline made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. The list of crap that is causing the illegals to move along is lengthy, but climate change isn’t near the top. Or middle.


36 posted on 10/30/2018 3:25:25 PM PDT by Conservative_caterer (Support Donald Trump! The Republic needs you!)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Uh, the Chinese are building islands to head south.


37 posted on 10/30/2018 3:27:17 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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