Week 4 and Current Event

This week for my project I was very successful I found spanish contacts I can contact, and researched other countries. I researched this week, more on Mexico, Colombia, and Venezuela. In Colombia I found out that they deep fry most of their food, and their popular foods are meat. rice, and beans. One of their popular dishes is Ajiaco, which is a potato based soup that also has shredded chicken, corn, and cream. In Venezuela I found out that their food is very tropical, and has European influences. I think this week I have managed my time better, and found a lot more research than I have in past weeks. My current event this week comes from Venezuela. It is about the president, Nicolas Maduro, wanting to have a specific office to oversee food distribution out of the country. The goal of this project is to cut down on price speculators, and smugglers. Another goal of this is to have a more efficient system of distributing food. The country hopes that this will raise their distribution from 130,000 tons to 200,000 tons a year. The other purpose of this is to influence government decisions from a more rural agriculture perspective. Next week, I hope to finish researching my countries and hear back from my contacts so that I can start putting together a final presentation and cooking some of the meals I have lean red about through my research. 

Current event: http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Venezuela-Revamps-Government-Responses-to-Agricultural-Development--20140907-0026.html