James North (jamesnorth77 at gmail.com) has reported from Africa, Asia and Latin America for thirty-seven years.
Some years ago, I had the good fortune to befriend an extended family who lived in a poor shantytown in the southern reaches of Santiago, Chile.
All during the year 1984, those of us with firsthand experience in Africa knew that drought and famine were cutting across vast swaths of the continent.
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