The drought gripping the Mediterranean is claiming a victim close to people’s hearts, and kitchens: olive oil. The lack of rain has devastated harvests from Turkey to Spain. As The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from El Perellò, along Spain’s Mediterranean coast, the scarcity of oil has sent prices sky-high. But it might be more than climate change fueling the inflation.
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