Coffee growers starve as prices plummet
Desperate for food and medical attention, children hold rags to their swollen, red eyes and stand along the road while their parents flag down the occasional car and beg for help.
Like many coffee-growing regions, residents of El Paraiso in Nicaragua whose name translates as Paradise in English used to be able to provide for their families. But despite the growing popularity of mochas and lattes, coffee farmers are increasingly going hungry as their plants die in the field.
