Despite UN ban, Bolivia will export coca-based products to Ecuador

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Despite UN ban, Bolivia will export coca-based products to Ecuador

2 December 2016

By Ysol Delgado

Bolivia and Ecuador have signed an agreement to export legal coca products through the Ecuadorian market.

The agreement was signed in La Paz by the countries’ respective foreign ministers, David Choquehuanca of Bolivia and Guillaume Long of Ecuador.

Minister Choquehuanca gave a speech in which he said Ecuador will be the first country to export legal products derived from the coca leaf.

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