An advocate for poor coffee growers debates with a government official the quality of specialty coffees and the freedom of Ethiopia's free market Photo: Courtesy of the VOA Note: The debate was aired in three parts on Aug 21, Aug 28, and Sept 4, 2009. The audio may be accessed from the VOA program audio archive located here . For the convenience of many of this blog's readers, I will try to translate and post the transcript here very soon. ------- By Alula Kebede Voice of America September 04, 2009 Washington, DC - In a three-part Crossfire, Ethiopian coffee advocates debate whether the market for Ethiopia's specialty coffees is deteriorating and how the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange represent the government's attempt to promote the new market while at the same time tries to control it. The debate on these and other related issues is taken up by Eyob Tekalegn, the head of finance & business affairs section at the Ethiopian embassy in Washington, D.C. and ...