Gulfstream

FP Passport | blogging on global news, politics, economics, and ideas (blog.foreignpolicy.com):
… The London-based group Global Witness has now linked profits from Côte d'Ivoire’s cocoa industry—like those of diamonds from Sierra Leone and timber from Liberia—to the perpetuation of armed conflict in the country. (Child labor, apparently, is not the only problem with cocoa.) In its report entitled “Hot Chocolate: How cocoa fuelled conflict in the Ivory Coast,” Global Witness claims that $118 million from the cocoa trade found its way into the war chest of both …

the lantern (thelantern.lighthouseffect.org):
… But who would have thought that your chocolate bar or cup 'o' joe could contain traces of childrens' blood. Most of the world's cocoa is grown in West Africa - where cocoa farms employ children to get work done. And under horrifying conditions (slavery, physical abuse, etc.). Now, I understand economics and know that such work provides a livelihood for many poor families. And sure, some of the children may work out of their own choice. But the majority are forced to do so. And even if they weren't, do you think …