High Demand for Palm Oil Fuels Environmental Destruction

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Palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet. But high demand for the product is leading to the growth of African Palm plantations in Central America, which, in turn, is fueling environmental destruction, the super-exploitation of agricultural labor, and the displacement of local peasant farmers by companies often financed by development banks. Bianca Perez reports from Washington. teleSUR