Ecuador has recently gained attention as a budding coca producer, highlighted by President Daniel Noboa’s announcement of approximately 2,000 hectares of coca cultivation. This marks the first official estimate of coca crops in Ecuador, a country historically overshadowed by its neighbors in this regard. On October 14, President Obama shared these figures during a press […]
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