tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338612245455097792.post3505905255715273784..comments2023-09-11T10:45:49.957-07:00Comments on Honduras Culture and Politics: Beans 2: Moving at the speed of bureaucracyRAJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00097415587406899236noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338612245455097792.post-78727589734648040622010-11-05T10:45:09.655-07:002010-11-05T10:45:09.655-07:00The bean supply is reduced in much of Central Amer...The bean supply is reduced in much of Central America, with Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua particulary hard hit, in part because of the weather, in part because of a preference for a particular type of bean.<br /><br />It was suggested in Honduras, by the government, that they learn to eat black beans, and to that end the government imported a supply from Costa Rica to offer in the BANASUPRO stores. Not many takers; reportedly they're too tough and chewy and take more hours of cooking than the preferred red/rose colored beans.RNShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14197289255196253989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1338612245455097792.post-29747532975615503402010-11-05T08:41:36.723-07:002010-11-05T08:41:36.723-07:00Not that it makes the situation any better, but Ni...Not that it makes the situation any better, but Nicaragua and El Salvador are both facing bureaucratic difficulties in fighting the rise in bean prices, in some ways similar and in others different. President Ortega's comment than Nicaraguans should simply learn to eat different types of beans was mocked widely in the media here. The fact that Nicaraguan beans were being exported to El Salvador and sold for cheaper than they are in Nicaragua while a few areas here saw shortages was also a particularly bad bureaucratic snafu for the govt.bozhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233148632004720002noreply@blogger.com