BUENA FE, Ecuador — Julia Avellan had been tempted to quit the cocoa business before prices unexpectedly exploded on the international market this year, bringing historic profits to Ecuador's farmers.
BUENA FE, Ecuador — Julia Avellan had been tempted to quit the cocoa business before prices unexpectedly exploded on the international market this year, bringing historic profits to Ecuador 's farmers.But the 'golden' cocoa bean has not escaped the attention of criminals in the small South American nation, wracked by gang violence in recent years.
Ecuador is the world's third-largest cocoa producer, where high market prices benefit small farmers who produce 80 percent of the country's cocoa. However, drug violence affects these incomes, with Los Rios province registering higher homicide rates than Guayas, the center of drug operations. AFP PHOTOThe figure is even higher than in neighboring Guayas state, whose port capital Guayaquil is the main hub for cocaine trafficking to the United States and Europe.
Cocoa Prices Bring Sweet Profits Danger To Ecuador Producers
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