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Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine.
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Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador—Men walk through a lush plantation between Ecuador ‘s balmy Pacific coast and its majestic Andes, lopping hundreds of bunches of green bananas from groaning plants twice their height. Workers haul the bunches to an assembly line, where the bananas are washed, weighed and plastered with stickers for European…
Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine.
GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador — Men walk through a lush plantation between Ecuador's balmy Pacific coast and its majestic Andes, lopping hundreds of bunches of green bananas from groaning plants twice their
Ecuador's location is increasingly putting it at the confluence of two global trades: bananas and cocaine.