Hello, Ariel here. After doing a little research, I found a very interesting story that deals with the "International Coffee Crisis." The International coffee crisis is about coffee fields in Mexico that are struggling due to record low coffee prices. Basically there is too much cheap coffee flooding the markets. This cheap coffee not only comes from Mexico, but also other countries such as Brazil and Vietnam. With low coffee prices, the coffee fields begin to struggle, as farmers pull their children out of school in order to make them work. Coffee farmers throughout Mexico are also having the problem of exporting their coffee due to the locations of the coffee fields. 200,000 people in the Guatemalan coffee industry have also lost their jobs within the last three years.

What's also interesting about this story is that Sam Quinones actually investigated the story, by traveling to coffee fields throughout Mexico to see what the problem was. Sam traveled to such locations as Guatemala, Veracruz, Mexico City, and the Sierra Madre Mountains. I bleieve this stoyr took place sometime around 2002, but I am not too sure?

Below are two links. The first link is about the International Coffee Crisis and it's overall story. The second link is an interview with Sam Quinones, regarding his investigation of the coffee fields...which is very interesting. Hope you enjoy!

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/guatemala.mexico/thestory.html

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/guatemala.mexico/quinones.html