Skyrocketing Global Fuel Prices Threaten Livelihoods and Social Stability

“NO ES SUFICIENTE” — It’s not enough. That was the

protest leaders in Ecuador delivered to the country’s president this past week after he said he would lower the price of both regular gas and diesel by 10 cents in response to riotous demonstrations over soaring fuel and food prices.

The fury and fear over energy prices that have exploded in Ecuador are playing out the world over. In the United States, average gasoline…