Yesterday marked the 59th Revolution Day in Cuba, a celebration of the uprising against the former Batista regime. During his speech at a celebration in Havana, President Raul Castro opened the door to no-limit talks with the US.
The Cuban President has made this offer clear to the State Department through diplomatic channels after he took power. One of the issues placed on the table would likely be lifting a 50-year trade and travel embargo with the island nation.
Business Spectator thinks so. After all, steep food prices were certainly a trigger for the Arab Spring. The US is the world's biggest exporter of corn, soybenas and wheat, so these prices shocks will reverberate across the planet.
Markets are bracing for a surge in global political unrest, as the worst US drought in half a century sent corn and soybean prices soaring to record highs overnight.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture expects food prices to rise by 3 or 4 percent in 2013 due to drought conditions being reported in most of the country. The department made the announcement Wednesday as it added 76 Midwestern counties to its growing list of Primary Natural Disaster Areas.
From John Robb comes the startling news that guns can now be made with 3D printers. "Havenblue" has printed several assault weapons and they fired fine. This rather clearly changes everything for insurgents, revolutionary groups, etc. Maybe it'll be like designer drugs, where the chemists stay ahead of the law by making drugs that aren't illegal yet.